Official Cup

Oscar Parada
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Vélez Juniors's Maximino Navarro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goalkeeper Heitor Teixeira had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maximino Navarro. Heitor Teixeira stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maximino Navarro's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Gregório Pereira hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After 9 played minutes, Vélez Juniors's Higinio Machado shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Heitor Teixeira came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Vélez Juniors reached it. In the 10th minute, Gastão Cesário hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roberto Guifre's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 12thth minute, Heitor Teixeira skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Maximino Navarro took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Heitor Teixeira to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Gregório Pereira got a free kick in the 20th minute. Roberto Guifre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Gogo Iratzeder managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vélez Juniors's supporters rose to their feet, but Gogo Iratzeder was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Heitor Teixeira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 29 minutes into the game, one of Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Silvano Morais kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Heitor Teixeira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximino Navarro in the 36th minute of the match. A collision led to Sporting Clube V.R.S.A. getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Artur Fidalgo hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximino Navarro in the 42nd minute of play forced Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goalkeeper Heitor Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Sporting Clube V.R.S.A. booed when Vélez Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Higinio Machado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Silvano Morais to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Vélez Juniors's goal looked a bit too open when Silvano Morais came free, but Nicolas Sandaili reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rui Morais hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Vélez Juniors's Tomás Bordat was substituted for Amancio Godoy. In the 69th match minute, Sporting Clube V.R.S.A. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rui Morais to maneuver through the defense. Heitor Teixeira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximino Navarro, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Heitor Teixeira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Guifre in the 73rd minute of play. Tomás Bordat kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Gastão Cesário could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Nicolas Sandaili made a huge save. In the 80thth minute of the game Maximino Navarro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Heitor Teixeira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximino Navarro in the 81st minute of play forced Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goalkeeper Heitor Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Artur Fidalgo got a free kick in the 87th minute. Nicolas Sandaili made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Gastão Cesário sent off a good shot on target. Heitor Teixeira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximino Navarro in the 94th minute of the match. Tomás Bordat kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Vélez Juniors's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.