Official Cup

Arena da Liberdade
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Simo Mihklisaar kicked off to start the match. Acácio Lara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zbigniew Zatorski in the 9th minute of play. 11 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 Fabinho dos Santos. Raphael Dantas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Paulo de Senna in the 16th minute of the match. Raphael Dantas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabinho dos Santos in the 17th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, Club Athletico Paulistano's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Thanos came free, but Acácio Lara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Acácio Lara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simo Mihklisaar in the 22nd minute of play. Acácio Lara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tony Thanos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Acácio Lara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simo Mihklisaar in the 25th minute of the match. Club Athletico Paulistano's Acácio Lara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tony Thanos in the 27th minute of play. Acácio Lara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zbigniew Zatorski in the 29th minute of play. After taking down the ball on Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s corner Emiliano Toribio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Acácio Lara quite easily take care of the ball. In the 33rd minute Zbigniew Zatorski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Acácio Lara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simo Mihklisaar in the 36th minute of play forced Club Athletico Paulistano's goalkeeper Acácio Lara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zé Paulo de Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eliseu Mendes during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- booed when Club Athletico Paulistano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseu Mendes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ezequiel Mineiro hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. 41 minutes into the match, Club Athletico Paulistano's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Thanos came free, but Acácio Lara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Acácio Lara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbigniew Zatorski, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Acácio Lara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Thanos in the 47th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Mauro Quirino was substituted for Simo Mihklisaar. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fabinho dos Santos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Club Athletico Paulistano's Acácio Lara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Club Athletico Paulistano from getting a goal against them. Acácio Lara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Quirino in the 59th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Zbigniew Zatorski took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Acácio Lara to make any attempt to save it. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Giovani Luz was substituted for Pedro Luís Furtado. Acácio Lara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Thanos, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. After some careless play in the Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- defense, Zé Paulo de Senna kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Raphael Dantas. The Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Raphael Dantas should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- booed when Club Athletico Paulistano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Glauco da Rocha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Club Athletico Paulistano's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Tony Thanos 77 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-3. After 79 minutes, Cenk Bostancı mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- and the Club Athletico Paulistano players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Cenk Bostancı hit a great ball. Acácio Lara made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mauro Quirino in the 81st minute. 82 minutes into the match, Club Athletico Paulistano's goal looked a bit too open when Mauro Quirino came free, but Acácio Lara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, Club Athletico Paulistano's goalkeeper Acácio Lara had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zbigniew Zatorski. In the 85thth minute of the game Mauro Quirino who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Club Athletico Paulistano's Acácio Lara was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 86 minutes Club Athletico Paulistano's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mauro Quirino who took care of the corner kick. Emiliano Toribio was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Zbigniew Zatorski got the audience’s attention when, from a short distance, he fired away a great shot in the 92nd minute of the game. The shot hit the left post and bounced out. Club Athletico Paulistano:s Acácio Lara showed great skill when he stopped Mauro Quirino:s penalty. Raphael Dantas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabinho dos Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 99th minute, Emiliano Toribio made a precise shot to the right of Acácio Lara. Club Athletico Paulistano's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. When the match was over Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Club Athletico Paulistano throughout the match.