Official Cup

Christmas Island
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Bruno Africano started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Celsinho Diniz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Volodymyr Zelenskiy read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯Penghu County's Nuno Marques got a free kick in the 9th minute. 11 minutes into the match, Bruno Africano notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ≮王者归来≯Penghu County's Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Volodymyr Zelenskiy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 14 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯Penghu County's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Africano came free, but Volodymyr Zelenskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Júlio Mazza's late challenge caught a Alvinegro Carioca's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Júlio Mazza helped the player get up and apologised. In the 17th minute, Júlio Mazza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Volodymyr Zelenskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Atak Sehriyar, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Alvinegro Carioca's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Washington Valladares in the 20th minute. Alvinegro Carioca's Atak Sehriyar was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Atak Sehriyar put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Africano in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roope Pärssinen in the 25th minute of play forced Alvinegro Carioca's goalkeeper José Carlos Sanches to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Carlos Sanches showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Tasso, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. José Carlos Sanches showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Tasso, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 31st match minute, Alvinegro Carioca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panos Lillis to maneuver through the defense. In the 38th minute Bruno Africano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Volodymyr Zelenskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Volodymyr Zelenskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Africano in the 39th minute of the match. Volodymyr Zelenskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvinho Brodel, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. 42 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯Penghu County's goal looked a bit too open when Silvinho Brodel came free, but Volodymyr Zelenskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alvinegro Carioca's José Carlos Sanches proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Alvinegro Carioca from getting a goal against them. Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Africano in the 47th minute of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Roope Pärssinen made a kick off. Atak Sehriyar made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 51stth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Volodymyr Zelenskiy would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. 54 minutes into the match, Alvinegro Carioca's Silvinho Brodel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Volodymyr Zelenskiy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a little luck, ≮王者归来≯Penghu County's Volodymyr Zelenskiy got control of the ball when Atak Sehriyar tried to sneak it across the goal line. Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvinho Brodel in the 62nd minute of play. After 63 minutes of play, Alvinegro Carioca's Atak Sehriyar made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Volodymyr Zelenskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 65th minute, Miroslav Klvaňa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 68 minutes, Volodymyr Zelenskiy successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 69th minute Alvinegro Carioca were awarded a corner. Washington Valladares went to the cornerflag to take it. José Carlos Sanches showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roope Pärssinen, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Atak Sehriyar came free with the goalkeeper in the 73rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Volodymyr Zelenskiy could save by the left post. After a rather tough play, Alvinegro Carioca's Panos Lillis got a free kick in the 74th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Alvinegro Carioca's zone, Roope Pärssinen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Carlos Sanches came out of the goal and Roope Pärssinen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, ≮王者归来≯Penghu County's Volodymyr Zelenskiy got control of the ball when Bruno Africano tried to sneak it across the goal line. Volodymyr Zelenskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Africano in the 79th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adilson Ortiz in the 84th minute of play forced Alvinegro Carioca's goalkeeper José Carlos Sanches to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Volodymyr Zelenskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvinho Brodel in the 87th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Alvinegro Carioca's Bruno Africano got a free kick in the 89th minute. Atak Sehriyar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Volodymyr Zelenskiy having to interfere. The Alvinegro Carioca supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Alvinegro Carioca would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.