Official Cup

Eighty-Three
Spectators: 455 (Terracing: 342, Seating: 104, VIP seats: 9) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Walmyr Salles got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by AVAÍ F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Muhammadu ibn Abi Bakr was slow to take the kick. During this time GeRaÇãO-83's players had a chance to rest. After 5 played minutes GeRaÇãO-83 got a freekick which was hit by Medero Gadea. Edin Džeko's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcos Buffon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. Mario Cristofor hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. 15 minutes into the match, Edin Džeko notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of AVAÍ F.C.'s Marcos Buffon. Marcos Buffon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Medero Gadea received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcos Buffon came out and tried to block the shot, but Medero Gadea slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 20th minute. In the 26th minute Rubens Cabral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grzegorz Siekierski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rubens Cabral in the 26th minute of play forced GeRaÇãO-83's goalkeeper Grzegorz Siekierski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grzegorz Siekierski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rubens Cabral in the 30th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Walmyr Salles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AVAÍ F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alex Sági in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Grzegorz Siekierski saved GeRaÇãO-83 from getting behind. With an all-out effort, GeRaÇãO-83's Marcos Buffon threw himself towards the right post 39 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Edin Džeko, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 40 minutes into the match, AVAÍ F.C.'s goalkeeper Marcos Buffon had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edin Džeko. AVAÍ F.C.'s Marcos Buffon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save AVAÍ F.C. from getting a goal against them. Edin Džeko's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcos Buffon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. Grzegorz Siekierski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alex Sági, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Medero Gadea to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, AVAÍ F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Medero Gadea came free, but Marcos Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcos Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edin Džeko in the 52nd minute of play. Ivory Gunn could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Grzegorz Siekierski made a huge save. AVAÍ F.C.'s Tarcisio Chaves was substituted for Luiz Pombal. In the 66th minute AVAÍ F.C. were awarded a corner. Elias Figueroa went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to AVAÍ F.C.'s Rubens Cabral getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Rubens Cabral struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Grzegorz Siekierski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AVAÍ F.C.. If Medero Gadea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Walmyr Salles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Grzegorz Siekierski made a huge save. AVAÍ F.C.'s Marcos Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edin Džeko in the 79th minute of play. If Claus Van De Wiele had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marcos Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edin Džeko in the 94th minute of play.

AVAÍ F.C.'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.