Official Cup

Engº. Antônio Lopes
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ingvar Strand started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Red John S.K's Ingvar Strand nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jarbas Guedes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The supporters of Red John S.K booed when S S Palestra Italia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wágner Prado didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Red John S.K's Ingvar Strand in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye S S Palestra Italia's goalie prevented a goal. Denílson Lopes made a great header on Red John S.K's corner, it was just that S S Palestra Italia's Jarbas Guedes managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to Red John S.K getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Caetano Reyo hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ingvar Strand in the 20th minute of play forced S S Palestra Italia's goalkeeper Jarbas Guedes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute, Ingvar Strand left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Red John S.K fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 26 minutes into the match, Isa Günyol had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jarbas Guedes. S S Palestra Italia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isa Günyol was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 28th match minute, S S Palestra Italia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nestor Bernal to maneuver through the defense. Ingvar Strand took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jarbas Guedes. Jarbas Guedes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Jarbas Guedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ingvar Strand in the 41st minute of the match. Jarbas Guedes came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Red John S.K's Ingvar Strand. But to his dismay, Ingvar Strand quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. A collision led to S S Palestra Italia getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Tomas Roano hit a great ball. 47 minutes into the match, S S Palestra Italia's goal looked a bit too open when Denílson Lopes came free, but Jarbas Guedes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The S S Palestra Italia players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Red John S.K were winning 0-5.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zé Roberto Moura was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ingvar Strand got free with Jarbas Guedes in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cássio Corinth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Roberto Moura in the 57th minute of the match. Cássio Corinth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Roberto Moura in the 59th minute of play. A collision led to Red John S.K getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Denílson Lopes hit a great ball. In the 65th minute, Denílson Lopes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute of the game Serafim Hermes made a throw-in which Oséas Vasconcelos played forward. After a rather tough play, Red John S.K's Isa Günyol got a free kick in the 69th minute. S S Palestra Italia's Jarbas Guedes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrique Ramalho in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Bach in the 80th minute of play forced S S Palestra Italia's goalkeeper Jarbas Guedes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. S S Palestra Italia's Jarbas Guedes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save S S Palestra Italia from getting a goal against them. Cássio Corinth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Roberto Moura in the 90th minute of the match. Sebastian Bach could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Jarbas Guedes made a huge save. The Red John S.K supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Red John S.K would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.