Official Cup

Dnipro-Arena
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Januário Castelo Branco started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Artem Gordya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Januário Castelo Branco in the 3rd minute of the match. Salvador Cruz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 10th minute Ivan Lysytsjkyi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Plácido Madureira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artem Gordya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascoal Amaral in the 18th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salvador Cruz in the 19th minute of play forced FC Vershina ESPN's goalkeeper Artem Gordya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Januário Castelo Branco took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Artem Gordya. Artem Gordya dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Miradeses FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Danylo Biloshapka was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Vershina ESPN's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on FC Vershina ESPN's corner Danylo Biloshapka fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Plácido Madureira quite easily take care of the ball. If Danylo Biloshapka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Plácido Madureira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Lysytsjkyi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, FC Vershina ESPN's Leonid Vikaryuk seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Leonid Vikaryuk the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC Vershina ESPN protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Leonid Vikaryuk had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Vershina ESPN fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 31st minute. Penalty! Júlio Lameirinhas did an outstanding performance 34 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 0-2 to the right of an irritated Artem Gordya in the goal. 41 minutes into the game, Ivan Lysytsjkyi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Vershina ESPN's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Miradeses FC the free kick. Volodymyr Beletskyi hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ivan Lysytsjkyi to strike the kick off in the second half. Pascoal Amarals short, quick shot in the 57thth minute got Artem Gordya to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Danylo Biloshapka's late challenge caught a Miradeses FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Danylo Biloshapka helped the player get up and apologised. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pascoal Amaral in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Artem Gordya prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Artem Gordya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pascoal Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Januário Castelo Branco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artem Gordya having to interfere. Artem Gordya didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pascoal Amaral went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Pascoal Amaral took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Artem Gordya. Artem Gordya dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. After 82 played minutes Miradeses FC got a freekick which was hit by Gusmão Menezes. In the 87th play minute Pascoal Amaral came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Artem Gordya. 0-5. Artem Gordya didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Miradeses FC's Pascoal Amaral shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute.