Official Cup

COLISEU
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Xu Li Sang kicked off to start the match. Thomas Ravelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xu Li Sang, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. The supporters of GLADIADORES booed when Jovens Democratas MZC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xu Li Sang didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wilson Andrade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Manoel Neuer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manoel Neuer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilson Andrade in the 10th minute of the match. Manoel Neuer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilson Andrade, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Jovens Democratas MZC's goalkeeper Manoel Neuer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 14 minutes into the game, Wilson Andrade recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Manoel Neuer. Wilson Andrade showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. 20 minutes into the game, Wilson Andrade recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Manoel Neuer. Wilson Andrade showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. Thomas Ravelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xu Li Sang in the 25th minute of play. The corner ended in Ruy de Brito almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but GLADIADORES's Thomas Ravelli did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilson Andrade in the 32nd minute of play forced Jovens Democratas MZC's goalkeeper Manoel Neuer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34thth minute of the game Wilson Andrade who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Jovens Democratas MZC's Manoel Neuer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Wilson Andrade's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manoel Neuer was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Manoel Neuer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilson Andrade in the 36th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when César Souto got free with Manoel Neuer in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Jovens Democratas MZC getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. David Puyol hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Wilson Andrade's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manoel Neuer was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Michel Goiano's late challenge caught a Jovens Democratas MZC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Michel Goiano helped the player get up and apologised. In the 41st minute, Michel Goiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wilson Andrade made a kick off. GLADIADORES's Thomas Ravelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save GLADIADORES from getting a goal against them. If Michel Goiano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. David Puyol made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by GLADIADORES's Haakon Taankvist. In the 60th minute, David Puyol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. César Souto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Manoel Neuer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 64 minutes into the match, GLADIADORES's goal looked a bit too open when Xu Li Sang came free, but Thomas Ravelli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thomas Ravelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ruy de Brito in the 65th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Jovens Democratas MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Wilson Andrade came free, but Manoel Neuer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manoel Neuer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilson Andrade, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. GLADIADORES's Wilson Andrade got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jovens Democratas MZC's Jozef Ilve was substituted for Mexhit Koçi. After some careless play in the GLADIADORES defense, Giuseppe Negri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thomas Ravelli. The GLADIADORES fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thomas Ravelli should have stopped the shot. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The GLADIADORES fans cheered their team off the field, for while Jovens Democratas MZC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.