Prized/Friendly Cup

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gong Chao Ke got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Eurico Cardozo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the match, BRASIL.Sp's goal looked a bit too open when Gong Chao Ke came free, but Hortêncio Berger reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ogro F.C.'s Alysson Rezende played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cido Cardozo in the 13th minute of play. In the 13th minute Cido Cardozo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alysson Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Gong Chao Ke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the BRASIL.Sp defense, Gong Chao Ke kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hortêncio Berger. The BRASIL.Sp fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hortêncio Berger should have stopped the shot. In the 21st minute, Cauã Loyola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alysson Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cido Cardozo in the 26th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Gong Chao Ke ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hortêncio Berger was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Eurico Cardozo's late challenge caught a Ogro F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eurico Cardozo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 34th match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eurico Cardozo to maneuver through the defense. 39 minutes into the game, Ogro F.C.'s Gong Chao Ke nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hortêncio Berger made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. BRASIL.Sp's Hortêncio Berger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gong Chao Ke in the 47th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Gong Chao Ke in the 52nd minute of play forced BRASIL.Sp's goalkeeper Hortêncio Berger to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anderson Pombal to maneuver through the defense. 54 minutes into the match, Ogro F.C.'s Alex Van Halen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hortêncio Berger narrowly saved just below the crossbar. BRASIL.Sp made a substitution. João Adolfo Trevisan replaced Eurico Cardozo. In the 56th match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eurico Cardozo to maneuver through the defense. Alysson Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cauã Loyola in the 57th minute of the match. Hortêncio Berger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gong Chao Ke in the 58th minute of the match. Gong Chao Ke could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Hortêncio Berger made a huge save. Hortêncio Berger made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gong Chao Ke in the 65th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cauã Loyola in the 67th minute of play forced Ogro F.C.'s goalkeeper Alysson Rezende to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Jerônimo Vergílio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ogro F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Jerônimo Vergílio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hortêncio Berger breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ogro F.C. made a substitution. Nicko McBrain replaced Alex Van Halen. Ogro F.C. made a substitution. Dan Zimmermann replaced Thomas Lang. Hortêncio Berger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerônimo Vergílio in the 72nd minute of play. Hortêncio Berger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gong Chao Ke in the 74th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gong Chao Ke got free with Hortêncio Berger in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 79th minute, Emeterio Sarro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 83 minutes into the game, Beto Hermes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Alysson Rezende was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A hard shot 91 in the game by Igor Cavalera from a close distance when the talented Hortêncio Berger managed to make a qualified save. BRASIL.Sp's players were relieved. With a little luck, BRASIL.Sp's Hortêncio Berger got control of the ball when Nicko McBrain tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 93rd minute Beto Hermes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alysson Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hortêncio Berger made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Nicko McBrain sent off a good shot on target. The BRASIL.Sp fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ogro F.C. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.