Official Cup

Arena Dchamps
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when José Pedro de Moraes made the kick off which started today's match. América-SC F.C.'s Marcelinho Pimenta was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 4th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 7th minute José Pedro de Moraes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pablo Larios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 9th minute, Justo Perpinya made a precise shot to the right of Adelino Macedo. América-SC F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulysses Linares in the 16th minute of play forced The Old Boys's goalkeeper Pablo Larios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute, Eleuterio Frances hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pablo Larios took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Pedro de Moraes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, América-SC F.C.'s Juvenal Seco got a free kick in the 23rd minute. A collision led to América-SC F.C. getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. José Pedro de Moraes hit a great ball. In the 28th minute, Edgardo Bartoli got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Alfredão Linhares fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored América-SC F.C.'s protests and gave Alfredão Linhares a yellow card for diving instead. In the 31st match minute, América-SC F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredão Linhares to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulysses Linares in the 35th minute of play forced The Old Boys's goalkeeper Pablo Larios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th match minute, América-SC F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexsandro Xavier to maneuver through the defense. Ian Meirelles hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Adelino Macedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgardo Bartoli, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Tadeo Abarca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Justo Perpinya made a kick off. Justo Perpinya received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Adelino Macedo came out and tried to block the shot, but Justo Perpinya slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 51st minute. After 55 played minutes América-SC F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Ulysses Linares. The audience thought a goal was coming when Justo Perpinya got free with Adelino Macedo in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gualter Tróia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pablo Larios having to make a save. Adelino Macedo was out of position in the 68 minute of play, and Tadeo Abarca capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tadeo Abarca really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. Alfredão Linhares hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. The Old Boys's Pablo Larios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juvenal Seco in the 82nd minute of play. Pablo Larios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexsandro Xavier in the 84th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tadeo Abarca in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adelino Macedo saved América-SC F.C. from getting behind. In the 89th match minute, The Old Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cláudio Suárez to maneuver through the defense. Adelino Macedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tadeo Abarca in the 91st minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Leonel Iratzeder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The The Old Boys supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing The Old Boys would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.