Official Cup

Ciudad de Batán
Spectators: 480 (Terracing: 361, Seating: 110, VIP seats: 9) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Acácio Nogueira got the match started through his kick off. Ni Le Zheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Adolfo Goiano in the 5th minute of the match. Ni Le Zheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Sergipano in the 9th minute of the match. Carlos Carioca stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Acácio Nogueira's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. Albert Sparnaaij hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, AC Batán's Silvestre Rexino got a free kick in the 26th minute. Acácio Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, IGUIPORÃ FC's Carlos Carioca got control of the ball when Acácio Nogueira tried to sneak it across the goal line. Acácio Nogueira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carlos Carioca having to make a save. Carlos Carioca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Acácio Nogueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the match, IGUIPORÃ FC's Gustavo Sergipano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ni Le Zheng narrowly saved just below the crossbar. IGUIPORÃ FC's Gustavo Sergipano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Sait Baray, made in the 37th minute of the game. In the 39th minute Gustavo Sergipano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Le Zheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 45 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Gustavo Sergipano sped through AC Batán's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ni Le Zheng. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gustavo Sergipano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Sergipano in the 51st minute of play forced AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Acácio Nogueira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Carioca. IGUIPORÃ FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Acácio Nogueira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Acácio Nogueira might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Carlos Carioca. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Acácio Nogueira ran back to his position shaking his head. Luiz Paulo Chaves took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ni Le Zheng. Ni Le Zheng dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. In the 64th minute, Gustavo Sergipano reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ni Le Zheng. The goal made the score 1-3. Luiz Paulo Chaves's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ni Le Zheng firmly grabbed it by the left post. Ni Le Zheng came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by IGUIPORÃ FC's João Adolfo Goiano. But to his dismay, João Adolfo Goiano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. 76 minutes into the match, AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luiz Paulo Chaves. Carlos Carioca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Acácio Nogueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. AC Batán's Cristoforo Di Ruscio was substituted for José Carlos da Silveira. AC Batán made a substitution. Cido Cardozo replaced Acácio Nogueira. Sait Baray made in the 89th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Cido Cardozo. Cido Cardozo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Carioca having to interfere.

IGUIPORÃ FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.