Prized/Friendly Cup

Arena Julio Verne
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Gerson Santana made the kick off and thus started the match. After 4 minutes of play, Golden Tigers's Gerson Santana made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anselmo Branco was left in no man's land by his defense there! Anselmo Branco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santiago Silva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Nautilus defense, Gerson Santana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anselmo Branco. The Nautilus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anselmo Branco should have stopped the shot. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nautilus's goalkeeper Anselmo Branco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerson Santana in the 20th minute of play forced Nautilus's goalkeeper Anselmo Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Marco Materazzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anselmo Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerson Santana in the 23rd minute of the match. Anselmo Branco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerson Santana in the 26th minute of play. Anselmo Branco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerson Santana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gerson Santana in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Anselmo Branco saved Nautilus from getting behind. 34 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Marcus Talló came free, but Amerigo Muzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's goalkeeper Amerigo Muzi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Viorel Pintilie. Nautilus's Anselmo Branco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerson Santana in the 37th minute of play. In the 39th minute Gerson Santana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anselmo Branco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's Gerson Santana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anselmo Branco narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 45th minute, Olívio da Silveira 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. The supporters of Golden Tigers booed when Nautilus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Viorel Pintilie didn't get a good kick on the ball. 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Gerson Santana got free with Anselmo Branco in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anselmo Branco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerson Santana in the 62nd minute of play. Nautilus's Wiliam Carneiro was substituted for Emerson Teixeira. Golden Tigers's Lafi Al Hashash was substituted for Emilio Rael. Golden Tigers's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Helge Kozub in the 67th minute. Konrad Söderberg made a great header on Golden Tigers's corner, it was just that Nautilus's Anselmo Branco managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Morjan Sarkhoh got free with Anselmo Branco in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Amerigo Muzi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Talló, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 75 minutes into the match, Nautilus's goal looked a bit too open when Gerson Santana came free, but Anselmo Branco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute Gerson Santana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anselmo Branco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Viorel Pintilie came free, but Amerigo Muzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's Gerson Santana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anselmo Branco narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 96 minutes into the game, Morjan Sarkhoh cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Anselmo Branco was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The Golden Tigers players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.