Official Cup

Arena Lucca
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sandro da Fonseca started the match with the kick off. When Alfa FC's Reginaldo Bastos in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Desportivo Lucca MZ's goalie prevented a goal. In the 5th minute, Jacinto de Sena ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelinho Cruz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Jacinto Duarte recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 18th minute, Sandro da Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alan Paes struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Marcelinho Cruz didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Alfa FC. In the 24th minute, Alan Paes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fernandão Velasco took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 25th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Léo Rosado. Alfa FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Léo Rosado made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Jacinto Duarte sent off a good shot on target. After 37 minutes of play, Alfa FC's Jacinto de Sena made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelinho Cruz was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Jacinto de Sena managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alfa FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jacinto de Sena was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcelinho Cruz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 43rd minute Leandro de Lara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelinho Cruz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jacinto de Sena made a kick off. Marcelinho Cruz was a little too slow when Leandro de Lara got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 58th minute. The score was now 0-4. Jacinto de Sena could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Marcelinho Cruz made a huge save. Marcelinho Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reginaldo Bastos in the 65th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Reginaldo Bastos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcelinho Cruz. That made the score 0-5 in the 68 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leandro de Lara in the 73rd minute of play forced Desportivo Lucca MZ's goalkeeper Marcelinho Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Desportivo Lucca MZ's Marcelinho Cruz got control of the ball when Jacinto de Sena tried to sneak it across the goal line. 76 minutes into the game, Alfa FC's Leandro de Lara nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcelinho Cruz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Jacinto de Sena recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jacinto de Sena got free with Marcelinho Cruz in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 84th minute, Alfa FC's Jacinto de Sena dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. Fernandão Velasco kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Marcelinho Cruz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jacinto de Sena went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score.