Official Cup

Arena Juridica
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Wesley Carvalho got the match started through his kick off. Murillo Cabral stood somewhat misplaced when Cristiano Romário came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 6 minute. After 15 minutes of play, BOTAFOGO's Fellipe Pimenta made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Percy Palmeira was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fellipe Pimenta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Percy Palmeira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute, Fellipe Pimenta ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Percy Palmeira was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 29th minute, Cristiano Romário got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristiano Romário in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Murillo Cabral saved BOTAFOGO from getting behind. JURIDIQUES F.C's Percy Palmeira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wesley Carvalho in the 33rd minute of play. In the 38th minute Wesley Carvalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Percy Palmeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, Fellipe Pimenta notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of JURIDIQUES F.C's Percy Palmeira. Percy Palmeira was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The JURIDIQUES F.C players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. BOTAFOGO were winning 1-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cristiano Romário to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Wesley Carvalho dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Percy Palmeira, 1-4. In the 54th minute, Wesley Carvalho got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 2-4 became the score in the 64th minute when Cristiano Romário elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 69 minutes into the match, BOTAFOGO's goal looked a bit too open when Cristiano Romário came free, but Murillo Cabral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th match minute, BOTAFOGO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luan Alvarenga to maneuver through the defense. Murillo Cabral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Romário in the 72nd minute of the match. In the 73rd minute of the match JURIDIQUES F.C got a corner. BOTAFOGO's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hilario Fenomeno ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Hilario Fenomeno almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but BOTAFOGO's Murillo Cabral did a great save. After a rather tough play, JURIDIQUES F.C's Joaquim Vargas got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 79th match minute, JURIDIQUES F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Márcio Corrêa to maneuver through the defense. In the 81st match minute, JURIDIQUES F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Renatinho Vale to maneuver through the defense. Wesley Carvalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Percy Palmeira having to interfere. Fellipe Pimenta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Percy Palmeira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Edgard Abraão during the 89th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Edgard Abraão kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. After 90 played minutes, BOTAFOGO's Inácio Neves shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Percy Palmeira came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in BOTAFOGO reached it. Wesley Carvalho let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 93rd minute shot 2-5 at rihgt post. When the match was over BOTAFOGO could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than JURIDIQUES F.C throughout the match.