Official Cup

Merengue Laranjeiras
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Acácio Porto got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Joakim Berglund notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni. Arsenio Manni was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 8 minutes Laus Deo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joakim Eskola who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Joakim Berglund almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni did a great save. Arsenio Manni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joakim Eskola in the 12th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Acácio Porto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johan Jönsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th minute, Antonio Gora hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joakim Berglund blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arsenio Manni having to make a save. 22 minutes into the match, Laus Deo's goal looked a bit too open when Joakim Berglund came free, but Arsenio Manni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 23 minutes of play, Ultra Chaos Stockholm's Joakim Berglund made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arsenio Manni was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 28th minute, Joakim Eskola made a precise shot to the right of Arsenio Manni. Laus Deo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joakim Berglund in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arsenio Manni prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 33rdth minute of the game Joakim Berglund who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joakim Berglund in the 40th minute of play. If Joakim Berglund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 42 minutes into the match, Laus Deo's goal looked a bit too open when Joakim Berglund came free, but Arsenio Manni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arsenio Manni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joakim Eskola in the 45th minute of play. Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joakim Berglund in the 46th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Laus Deo's zone, Joakim Berglund stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arsenio Manni came out of the goal and Joakim Berglund tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The Laus Deo players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ultra Chaos Stockholm were winning 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joakim Berglund to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Alfredo Vieira threw the ball into play from the sideline. Ultra Chaos Stockholm's Zoran Zorić quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Alberto Moura in the 53rd minute of play forced Ultra Chaos Stockholm's goalkeeper Johan Jönsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute, Joakim Eskola made a precise shot to the right of Arsenio Manni. Laus Deo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. When Joakim Eskola came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Ultra Chaos Stockholm fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Joakim Eskola couldn't finish the play. Joakim Berglund blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arsenio Manni having to make a save. Arsenio Manni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joakim Berglund in the 60th minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Laus Deo's goalkeeper Arsenio Manni had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joakim Berglund. 65 minutes into the match, Joakim Berglund had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arsenio Manni. Laus Deo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joakim Berglund was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Arsenio Manni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joakim Berglund, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Joakim Eskola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Laus Deo made a substitution. Robinho Recife replaced Cacá Diniz. Arsenio Manni came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Ultra Chaos Stockholm's Joakim Berglund. But to his dismay, Joakim Berglund quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. In the 82nd play minute Joakim Berglund came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Arsenio Manni. 0-8. With a little luck, Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni got control of the ball when Joakim Berglund tried to sneak it across the goal line. 97 minutes into the match, Ultra Chaos Stockholm's goal looked a bit too open when Robinho Recife came free, but Johan Jönsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 97th minute, Robinho Recife ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Johan Jönsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-8. The Ultra Chaos Stockholm supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Ultra Chaos Stockholm would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.