Official Cup

Ninho do Pombo
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Remo da Costa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmílson Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Rômulo Macedo hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. S S Palestra Italia's Remo da Costa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save S S Palestra Italia from getting a goal against them. In the 10th minute, Dagoberto Rossi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the S S Palestra Italia defense, Rodolfo de Carvalho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Remo da Costa. The S S Palestra Italia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Remo da Costa should have stopped the shot. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Gilson Arósio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Paulo da Mata in the 14th minute of play. Edmílson Coelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remo da Costa having to interfere. Cássio Severo hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. S S Palestra Italia's Remo da Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmílson Coelho in the 21st minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, S S Palestra Italia's goal looked a bit too open when Toninho Duarte came free, but Remo da Costa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmílson Coelho in the 24th minute of play forced S S Palestra Italia's goalkeeper Remo da Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eurico Reis hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. S S Palestra Italia's Remo da Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodolfo de Carvalho in the 26th minute of play. With a little luck, S S Palestra Italia's Remo da Costa got control of the ball when Naldo de Queirós tried to sneak it across the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, S S Palestra Italia's goal looked a bit too open when Toninho Duarte came free, but Remo da Costa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luís Paulo da Mata charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luís Paulo da Mata the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 36th match minute, S S Palestra Italia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Paulo da Mata to maneuver through the defense. In the 38th minute, Naldo de Queirós ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Remo da Costa was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. 47 minutes into the match, S S Palestra Italia's goal looked a bit too open when Edmílson Coelho came free, but Remo da Costa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luís Paulo da Mata stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cícero Ribeiro in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Remo da Costa saved S S Palestra Italia from getting behind. When Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Edmílson Coelho in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye S S Palestra Italia's goalie prevented a goal. Remo da Costa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toninho Duarte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Toninho Duarte left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pombal 2003 F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. In the 65th minute Cícero Ribeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remo da Costa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luiz Fábio Ferreira charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Fábio Ferreira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 66th minute, Luiz Fábio Ferreira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eurico Reis charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eurico Reis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 68th minute, Eurico Reis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute, Edmílson Coelho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pombal 2003 F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. 77 minutes into the match, Luís Paulo da Mata had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gilson Arósio. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luís Paulo da Mata was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmílson Coelho in the 86th minute of play forced S S Palestra Italia's goalkeeper Remo da Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 89 minutes into the match, Edmílson Coelho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remo da Costa. S S Palestra Italia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edmílson Coelho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1. Toninho Duarte scored 8-1 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remo da Costa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pombal 2003 F.C. were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of S S Palestra Italia for a fine match.