Official Cup

Abbey road stadium
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Damaso Pere made the kick off which started today's match. Novos Troncos's Melchor Serafo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Fernando de Lara in the 3rd minute of play. Melchor Serafo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuri Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Oséas Duarte in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Melchor Serafo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Arí Lima struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Melchor Serafo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Glorious FC. 13 minutes into the match, Novos Troncos's goal looked a bit too open when Arí Lima came free, but Melchor Serafo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Melchor Serafo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arí Lima in the 15th minute of play. Damaso Pere's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Enrique Andrade read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuri Toledo in the 21st minute of play forced Novos Troncos's goalkeeper Melchor Serafo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Fabiano Aguiar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Melchor Serafo was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Melchor Serafo came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by The Glorious FC's Marcel Corrêa. But to his dismay, Marcel Corrêa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 31 minutes of play, The Glorious FC's Luís Fernando de Lara made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Melchor Serafo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Yuri Toledo took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Melchor Serafo. Melchor Serafo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Melchor Serafo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arí Lima, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yuri Toledo was the one to do the kick off. The Glorious FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nando Cordeiro in the 53rd minute. 56 minutes into the match, Novos Troncos's goal looked a bit too open when Marcel Corrêa came free, but Melchor Serafo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 57th minute of the game. One of Novos Troncos:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of The Glorious FC:s goal. After some careless play in the Novos Troncos defense, Nando Cordeiro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Melchor Serafo. The Novos Troncos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Melchor Serafo should have stopped the shot. In the 64th minute Arí Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melchor Serafo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Melchor Serafo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yuri Toledo in the 66th minute. Yuri Toledo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Melchor Serafo made a huge save. Novos Troncos's Melchor Serafo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arí Lima in the 69th minute of play. With a little luck, Novos Troncos's Melchor Serafo got control of the ball when Yuri Toledo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arí Lima was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 72nd minute. The Glorious FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Fabiano Aguiar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nicanor Tartalo charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nicanor Tartalo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Yuri Toledo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Melchor Serafo having to interfere. Novos Troncos's Melchor Serafo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Fernando de Lara in the 84th minute of play. In the 85th minute, Arí Lima 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. After a rather tough play, The Glorious FC's Oséas Duarte got a free kick in the 87th minute. Luís Fernando de Lara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Melchor Serafo having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Yuri Toledo managed to get in a good position for a shot. The Glorious FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Yuri Toledo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Melchor Serafo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 98th minute, Tomas Lope hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded The Glorious FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Novos Troncos.