Official Cup

New York Arena
Spectators: 456 (Terracing: 342, Seating: 105, VIP seats: 9) Chico Valadares made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd match minute, Fluminense DF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Trigo to maneuver through the defense. Pierre Hopgood was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 3 minutes into the match. After 3 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Fluminense DF! In the 5th minute there was a penalty for . SC Manhattan .. Pastor Pio stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Carlisle Schultz. 1-0. Matias Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ingemar Kilman in the 11th minute of play. Chico Valadares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Carlisle Schultz made a huge save. 13 minutes into the match, Fluminense DF's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Pio came free, but Carlisle Schultz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Fluminense DF defense, Pastor Pio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carlisle Schultz. The Fluminense DF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carlisle Schultz should have stopped the shot. Carlisle Schultz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pastor Pio, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Pastor Pio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlisle Schultz having to interfere. Carlisle Schultz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pastor Pio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Chico Valadares's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlisle Schultz was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. The corner led . SC Manhattan .'s Pastor Pio to fire away a dangerous shot which Carlisle Schultz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Carlisle Schultz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pastor Pio, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Matias Taffarel came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by Fluminense DF's Ingemar Kilman. But to his dismay, Ingemar Kilman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ingemar Kilman made a kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Fluminense DF's Osvaldo Furlan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Matias Taffarel. That made the score 2-2 after 51 minutes of play. 56 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Matias Taffarel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Osvaldo Furlan. When Ingemar Kilman came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Fluminense DF 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 Ingemar Kilman couldn't finish the play. Carlisle Schultz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 63rd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pastor Pio in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Carlisle Schultz saved Fluminense DF from getting behind. Carlisle Schultz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chico Valadares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the match, Fluminense DF's goal looked a bit too open when Chico Valadares came free, but Carlisle Schultz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. . SC Manhattan .'s Matias Taffarel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save . SC Manhattan . from getting a goal against them. Markus Münch hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Fluminense DF's Prudencio Goiz was substituted for Ingemar Kilman. The Fluminense DF fans' excitement grew in the 77th match minute when Fluminense DF's Prudencio Goiz 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 2-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Carlisle Schultz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pastor Pio in the 85th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Fluminense DF's goal looked a bit too open when Washington Netto came free, but Carlisle Schultz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.