Official Cup

ARENA DOS CARECAS
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Douglas Meira made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes of play, JEC - FC's Douglas Meira made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arlindo Recife was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, CarecaNeles F.C.'s Cléber Maia got a free kick in the 5th minute. Arlindo Recife didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when JEC - FC's Douglas Meira shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Arlindo Recife showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Meira, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 13th minute Braulio Toli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arlindo Recife saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Liu Xiang Zhen made in the 15th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by CarecaNeles F.C.'s Rui Senna. In the 20th minute, Alexandre Tepedino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arlindo Recife was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In the 23rd minute, Vivaldo Capixaba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 25 minutes into the game, Liu Xiang Zhen threw the ball into play from the sideline. CarecaNeles F.C.'s Rui Senna quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. JEC - FC's Solustiano Partarroyo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save JEC - FC from getting a goal against them. Douglas Meira took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Arlindo Recife. Arlindo Recife dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Alexandre Tepedino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The throw-in from Luisinho Ribeiro in the 31st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by CarecaNeles F.C.'s Vivaldo Capixaba. After some careless play in the CarecaNeles F.C. defense, Julio Baptista kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arlindo Recife. The CarecaNeles F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arlindo Recife should have stopped the shot. In the 36th minute, Rui Senna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arlindo Recife showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandre Tepedino, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 39 minutes into the match, Julio Baptista had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arlindo Recife. CarecaNeles F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julio Baptista was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. When Blas Jenaro came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the JEC - FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Blas Jenaro couldn't finish the play. In the 44th minute Alexandre Tepedino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arlindo Recife saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arlindo Recife took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandre Tepedino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rui Senna was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, CarecaNeles F.C.'s Arlindo Recife got control of the ball when Douglas Meira tried to sneak it across the goal line. 53 minutes into the game, JEC - FC's Julio Baptista nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arlindo Recife made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. CarecaNeles F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 56th minute, when Luisinho Ribeiro scored to the left of an out of position Arlindo Recife, making the score, 0-9. Braulio Toli received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arlindo Recife came out and tried to block the shot, but Braulio Toli slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 62nd minute. Arlindo Recife was a little too slow when Braulio Toli got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 0-11. CarecaNeles F.C.'s Arlindo Recife played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Braulio Toli in the 68th minute of play. 69 minutes into the game, JEC - FC's Alexandre Tepedino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arlindo Recife made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-12. Luisinho Ribeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arlindo Recife having to interfere. In the 73rd minute of the match, Julio Baptista got a very nice opportunity to score, but Arlindo Recife was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After some careless play in the CarecaNeles F.C. defense, Alexandre Tepedino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arlindo Recife. The CarecaNeles F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arlindo Recife should have stopped the shot. Arlindo Recife didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Julio Baptista went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-14 was the resulting score. 80 minutes into the game, JEC - FC's Douglas Meira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arlindo Recife made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-15. The JEC - FC fans' excitement grew in the 85th match minute when JEC - FC's Douglas Meira looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-16 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. CarecaNeles F.C.'s Arlindo Recife proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save CarecaNeles F.C. from getting a goal against them. With his leg Arlindo Recife managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when JEC - FC's Douglas Meira fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in CarecaNeles F.C.'s zone, Julio Baptista stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arlindo Recife came out of the goal and Julio Baptista tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.