Official Cup

NINHO DOS FALCÕES
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jerry Nolan started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Bittencourt in the 6th minute of play forced FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper Jiang Yu Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jiang Yu Lin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felipe Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Bittencourt in the 11th minute of play forced FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper Jiang Yu Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Teodosio Leobardo 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. Betinho Lenzi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Magne Allbom made a huge save. 27 minutes into the game, Sakarias Åström threw the ball into play from the sideline. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Mazinho Meireles quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 29th minute Jerry Nolan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Yu Lin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Felipe Bittencourt had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jiang Yu Lin. FALCÕES VERDES's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Felipe Bittencourt was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Jiang Yu Lin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jerry Nolan went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score.

FALCÕES VERDES's Pietro Santos was substituted for Betinho Lenzi. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gugu Mello was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felipe Bittencourt got free with Jiang Yu Lin in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Magne Allbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gugu Mello in the 55th minute of play. Gugu Mello scored 2-2 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Magne Allbom, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 58 minutes into the match, Pietro Santos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Magne Allbom. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pietro Santos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Yu Yang Bing recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jiang Yu Lin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jerry Nolan went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. If Luís Fabiano Bezerra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 77 minutes into the match, FALCÕES VERDES's goal looked a bit too open when Felipe Bittencourt came free, but Jiang Yu Lin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jerry Nolan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Jiang Yu Lin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Luís Fabiano Bezerra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot by Felipe Bittencourt from long distance, 84 minutes into the match, got Jiang Yu Lin's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Jiang Yu Lin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nunez Ler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Jiang Yu Lin threw himself towards the right post 86 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nunez Ler, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jiang Yu Lin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yu Yang Bing in the 89th minute of play. In the 90th minute Pietro Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Magne Allbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Magne Allbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gugu Mello in the 93rd minute of play. Emre Çeliksu hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Jiang Yu Lin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felipe Bittencourt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ye Xiang Zheng made in the 97th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Felipe Bittencourt.