Prized/Friendly Cup

Estádio Celio Melo
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Domenico Mantini made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the game, Zac Ba Loua lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Dennis Urbani. Zac Ba Loua recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 13th minute of the match, Zac Ba Loua got a very nice opportunity to score, but Dennis Urbani was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 19 played minutes Rio Verde F.C CIMZ got a freekick which was hit by Ke Chang Lin. After 20 minutes, Thomás do Valle mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rio Verde F.C CIMZ and the XMAS players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Thomás do Valle got a free kick in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute, a hard, long distance shot from Alessandro Vettori hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. In the 28th minute, Domenico Mantini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zac Ba Loua succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 29th playminute. A collision led to XMAS getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Fabrizio Cremonese hit a great ball. Dennis Urbani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zac Ba Loua, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zac Ba Loua to make the kick off. A collision led to Rio Verde F.C CIMZ getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Nicolas França hit a great ball. After some careless play in the XMAS defense, Zac Ba Loua kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dennis Urbani. The XMAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dennis Urbani should have stopped the shot. In the 59th match minute, XMAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Zaccardi to maneuver through the defense. Cássio Pimenta, 59 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 61 minutes into the match, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Zac Ba Loua sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dennis Urbani narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a little luck, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Paulo de Mendonça got control of the ball when Ciccio Capaldo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, XMAS's goal looked a bit too open when Zac Ba Loua came free, but Dennis Urbani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enzo Alfonsi in the 82nd minute of play forced Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's goalkeeper Paulo de Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 91 played minutes Rio Verde F.C CIMZ got a freekick which was hit by Júlio Negri. Enzo Alfonsi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Paulo de Mendonça tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Many of XMAS's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. XMAS may have spent more time on the ball, but Rio Verde F.C CIMZ were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.