Official Cup

Gigante
Spectators: 558 (Terracing: 420, Seating: 128, VIP seats: 10) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sven-Edvin Jansson made the kick off which started today's match. João Carlos Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zico Zellier in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Zico Zellier got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Futuros FC's João Carlos Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thierry Henry in the 13th minute of play. Nery Pumpido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto Smith in the 15th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Thierry Henry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Carlos Andrade saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, Futuros FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zico Zellier came free, but João Carlos Andrade reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Beto Smith hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nery Pumpido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto Smith in the 25th minute of the match. Nery Pumpido made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Marcos Fernandes sent off a good shot on target. 28 minutes into the match, Beto Smith notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of GuateFortín's Nery Pumpido. Nery Pumpido was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. GuateFortín's Zico Zellier managed to work through Futuros FC's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Zico Zellier dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zico Zellier in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg João Carlos Andrade saved Futuros FC from getting behind. Zico Zellier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Futuros FC's goalkeeper João Carlos Andrade, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Krakaca Neto was the one to do the kick off. Afonso Pinhal made in the 53rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Beto Smith. With 56 minutes on the clock, Roberto Trotta commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Lucas Hernández took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 57th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nery Pumpido. GuateFortín's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of GuateFortín booed when Futuros FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adhemar Furtado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Krakaca Neto took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nery Pumpido. Nery Pumpido dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. The audience was convinced that Mario Gomez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but João Carlos Andrade was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Gomez in the 68th minute of play forced Futuros FC's goalkeeper João Carlos Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. GuateFortín's Nery Pumpido played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Fernandes in the 69th minute of play. Nery Pumpido took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Krakaca Neto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute, Futuros FC's Adhemar Furtado seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Adhemar Furtado the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Futuros FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Adhemar Furtado had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 72nd minute of the game. One of Futuros FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of GuateFortín:s goal. Futuros FC:s João Carlos Andrade showed great skill when he stopped Angel Alvarenga:s penalty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Hernández in the 79th minute of play forced GuateFortín's goalkeeper Nery Pumpido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Futuros FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Gomez came free, but João Carlos Andrade reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Gomez in the 89th minute of play forced Futuros FC's goalkeeper João Carlos Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Futuros FC's João Carlos Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mario Gomez in the 91st minute of play. Lucas Hernández fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nery Pumpido having to interfere.

The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Futuros FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while GuateFortín had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.