Official Cup

Arena Das Naciones
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Costin Duca got the match started through his kick off. José Chilavert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costin Duca in the 5th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gernando Cordeiro in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ruperto Maria saved Salmuera CP from getting behind. José Chilavert stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Costin Duca's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. After 11 minutes Catarinense F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Torcuato Herrero who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Salmuera CP's corner Torcuato Herrero fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and José Chilavert quite easily take care of the ball. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Catarinense F.C.'s goalkeeper José Chilavert, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costin Duca in the 19th minute of play forced Catarinense F.C.'s goalkeeper José Chilavert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 minutes Catarinense F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Torcuato Herrero who took care of the corner kick. In the 21st minute, Costin Duca ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. José Chilavert was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Ruperto Maria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amarante Sierra in the 25th minute of play. In the 32nd minute of the match Catarinense F.C. got a corner. Salmuera CP's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jorge Ler ran over to the corner to take the kick. Gernando Cordeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruperto Maria having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costin Duca in the 35th minute of play forced Catarinense F.C.'s goalkeeper José Chilavert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Catarinense F.C.'s Sergio Verdi got a free kick in the 38th minute. José Chilavert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costin Duca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ruperto Maria took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucas Papacharalabous, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gernando Cordeiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Lucas Papacharalabous shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruperto Maria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Salmuera CP getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Costin Duca hit a great ball. José Chilavert was a little too slow when Fan Xing Zhou got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 55th minute. The score was now 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Martinez in the 57th minute of play forced Catarinense F.C.'s goalkeeper José Chilavert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Martinez in the 59th minute of play forced Catarinense F.C.'s goalkeeper José Chilavert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Catarinense F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Torcuato Herrero was slow to take the kick. During this time Salmuera CP's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Torcuato Herrero almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Catarinense F.C.'s José Chilavert did a great save. José Chilavert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valdo Corrêa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Costin Duca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Chilavert was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. In the 71st match minute, Catarinense F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernando Gabirel to maneuver through the defense. Catarinense F.C. made a substitution. Georgiy Voroshilov replaced Gernando Cordeiro. After a rather tough play, Catarinense F.C.'s Fernando Gabirel got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Ruperto Maria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Georgiy Voroshilov, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. José Chilavert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hồ Kyhn, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. José Chilavert made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hồ Kyhn in the 78th minute. Hồ Kyhn could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but José Chilavert made a huge save. Catarinense F.C.'s José Chilavert proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Catarinense F.C. from getting a goal against them. 86 minutes into the match, Salmuera CP's goal looked a bit too open when Amarante Sierra came free, but Ruperto Maria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ruperto Maria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Papacharalabous in the 88th minute of play. Ruperto Maria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Papacharalabous in the 92nd minute of play. José Chilavert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hồ Kyhn, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Salmuera CP eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.