Official Cup

Dragons Stronghold
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Sandrinho Vidal started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, Fúria Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Dominic Sciocchetti came free, but Vladimir Corrêa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vladimir Corrêa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dominic Sciocchetti, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute, Durval Rossi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Sandrinho Vidal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Merlin Wermuth came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Fúria Futebol Clube's Jerônimo Luz. But to his dismay, Jerônimo Luz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Randolf Kohler's late challenge caught a Fúria Futebol Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Randolf Kohler helped the player get up and apologised. After 23 played minutes Black Dragons got a freekick which was hit by Dominic Sciocchetti. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sandrinho Vidal in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Merlin Wermuth prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 36 minutes into the match, Sandrinho Vidal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Merlin Wermuth. Black Dragons's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sandrinho Vidal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Fúria Futebol Clube's Vladimir Corrêa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dominic Sciocchetti in the 42nd minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Dominic Sciocchetti made the kick off in the second half. Merlin Wermuth was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Jerônimo Luz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jerônimo Luz really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. Jerônimo Luz's late challenge caught a Black Dragons's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jerônimo Luz helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Fúria Futebol Clube's Jerônimo Luz got a free kick in the 57th minute. Jerônimo Luz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Merlin Wermuth having to make a save. Dominic Sciocchetti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Vladimir Corrêa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vladimir Corrêa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dominic Sciocchetti in the 66th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sandrinho Vidal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Merlin Wermuth was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sandrinho Vidal in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Merlin Wermuth saved Black Dragons from getting behind. 72 minutes into the game, Sandrinho Vidal lined in a short shot 1-4 behind a frustrated Merlin Wermuth. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominic Sciocchetti in the 76th minute of play forced Fúria Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Vladimir Corrêa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With 78 minutes on the clock, Thomas Fieschi commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Merlin Wermuth made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Jerônimo Luz sent off a good shot on target. If Sandrinho Vidal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Black Dragons getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Tobie Schyder hit a great ball. When Fabinho Hermes came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Fúria Futebol Clube 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 Fabinho Hermes couldn't finish the play. Merlin Wermuth stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sandrinho Vidal's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Sandrinho Vidal had several of the Black Dragons's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 96 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-5 score and a disappointed Merlin Wermuth as he didn't even see the shot coming. The Black Dragons supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Fúria Futebol Clube's performance. The match ended with a win for Fúria Futebol Clube.