Official Cup

Santuário do Motivo
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Danilo Queirós's late challenge caught a O MOTIVO ⚽'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Danilo Queirós helped the player get up and apologised. 4 minutes into the match, O MOTIVO ⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Giovani de Medeiros came free, but Dida Braga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ernesto Dionísio during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 10 minutes Red Dragon FC - DMZ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Celsinho Magalhães who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Celsinho Magalhães got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Xavi Čech quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 13 minutes into the match, Válter Mattos dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Xavi Čech, 1-0. Dida Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Eduardo Arce in the 28th minute of the match. Xavi Čech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Válter Mattos in the 32nd minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Red Dragon FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Xavi Čech had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Válter Mattos. After 36 minutes Red Dragon FC - DMZ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Celsinho Magalhães who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Geovânio de Senna heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. With a little luck, Red Dragon FC - DMZ's Xavi Čech got control of the ball when Válter Mattos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Válbson Koehler hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Válter Mattos made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murillo do Vale in the 51st minute of play forced O MOTIVO ⚽'s goalkeeper Dida Braga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Válter Mattos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xavi Čech was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. 62 minutes into the match, Red Dragon FC - DMZ's Danilo Queirós sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dida Braga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Geovânio de Senna kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. When Válbson Koehler fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored O MOTIVO ⚽'s protests and gave Válbson Koehler a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to O MOTIVO ⚽ getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Válbson Koehler hit a great ball. Dida Braga made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Valdemar Campidelis sent off a good shot on target. O MOTIVO ⚽'s Dida Braga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save O MOTIVO ⚽ from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Red Dragon FC - DMZ getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Carlos Marques hit a great ball. André Batista blasted a shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Xavi Čech having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Válter Mattos managed to get in a good position for a shot. O MOTIVO ⚽'s supporters rose to their feet, but Válter Mattos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xavi Čech breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dida Braga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Murillo do Vale, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Mathias Freire lost his temper 88 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 90th minute there was a penalty for O MOTIVO ⚽. Celsinho Magalhães stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Xavi Čech. 2-0. O MOTIVO ⚽ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Red Dragon FC - DMZ for a fine match.