Official Cup

João Marcatto
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abelardo Bezerra took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Elano Oliveira dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Raphael Dantas, 1-0. Raphael Dantas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abelardo Bezerra's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. The audience was convinced that Abelardo Bezerra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raphael Dantas was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. In the 11th match minute, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rolando Obano to maneuver through the defense. Abelardo Bezerra might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Raphael Dantas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abelardo Bezerra ran back to his position shaking his head. 17 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Raphael Dantas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abelardo Bezerra. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simo Mihklisaar in the 19th minute of play forced G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goalkeeper Leonardo Da Vinci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Rolando Obano in the 23rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Elano Oliveira. Raphael Dantas made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Abelardo Bezerra sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the G.E. Juventus FSCMZ defense, Zbigniew Zatorski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leonardo Da Vinci. The G.E. Juventus FSCMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leonardo Da Vinci should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Simo Mihklisaar in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Leonardo Da Vinci saved G.E. Juventus FSCMZ from getting behind. Leonardo Da Vinci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Thanos in the 35th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Abelardo Bezerra sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Raphael Dantas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Abelardo Bezerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Raphael Dantas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of G.E. Juventus FSCMZ booed when Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rolando Obano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mauro Quirino was the one to do the kick off. 59 minutes into the match, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Thanos came free, but Leonardo Da Vinci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 62 minutes of play, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Abelardo Bezerra made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raphael Dantas was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Abelardo Bezerra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Raphael Dantas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Bezerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Leonardo Da Vinci proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save G.E. Juventus FSCMZ from getting a goal against them. 68 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Abelardo Bezerra came free, but Raphael Dantas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th minute, Emiliano Toribio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ made a substitution. Achilleas Stefanakis replaced Christian Pulisic. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Giuseppe Paes was substituted for Don Lalo. Emiliano Toribio hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. 76 minutes into the match, Abelardo Bezerra notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Raphael Dantas. Raphael Dantas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 81 minutes into the match, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Emiliano Toribio came free, but Leonardo Da Vinci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute Abelardo Bezerra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raphael Dantas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonardo Da Vinci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emiliano Toribio in the 88th minute of the match. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Enio Berger managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Xiao Fenge in the 93 minute of the game. In the 94th minute, Edgard Davids hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cenk Bostancı hit a great freekick 99 minutes into the match. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.