Official Cup

Arena Demarchi
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexsandro Britto got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, Squadra Demarchi's Alexsandro Britto dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. América-SC F.C.'s Gualter Tróia got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alexsandro Britto during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of América-SC F.C. booed when Squadra Demarchi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexsandro Britto didn't get a good kick on the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Alexsandro Xavier had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Oscar Saldanha. Squadra Demarchi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alexsandro Xavier was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Pedro de Moraes in the 33rd minute of play forced Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper Oscar Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adelino Macedo was a little too slow when Alexsandro Britto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 42nd minute. The score was now 2-1. A collision led to América-SC F.C. getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Ian Meirelles hit a great ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Juvenal Seco to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Richard Moura during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 56th minute, América-SC F.C.'s Gualter Tróia ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Oscar Saldanha. Oscar Saldanha yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. After 64 minutes, Ian Meirelles mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the América-SC F.C. and the Squadra Demarchi players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Squadra Demarchi booed when América-SC F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ian Meirelles didn't get a good kick on the ball. Squadra Demarchi's Claudinho Loyola got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexsandro Britto in the 67th minute of play forced América-SC F.C.'s goalkeeper Adelino Macedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the game, Alexsandro Britto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Adelino Macedo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Frederico Siqueira kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. During the 76th minute of the match Ian Meirelles completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ian Meirelles a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, América-SC F.C.'s Ian Meirelles got a free kick in the 77th minute. Adelino Macedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudinho Loyola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 80 minutes América-SC F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Claudinho Loyola who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Alexsandro Britto heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After having played for 82 minutes, Alexsandro Xavier managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. América-SC F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexsandro Xavier was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 84th match minute, Squadra Demarchi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gil Azevedo to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute, Kléber Queirós left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Squadra Demarchi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. If José Pedro de Moraes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. América-SC F.C.'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.