Official Cup

Sao Januário
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hélder Trigo kicked off to start the match. Diogo Zonta's late challenge caught a Natingui FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diogo Zonta helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Natingui FC booed when Vascogoianiense FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diogo Zonta didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 10th minute, Hernani Chaves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anderson Valladares was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Vascogoianiense FC's Anderson Valladares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hernani Chaves in the 13th minute of play. José Carlos Medeiros's late challenge caught a Natingui FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Carlos Medeiros helped the player get up and apologised. In the 18th minute, José Carlos Medeiros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 20th match minute, Vascogoianiense FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronaldão Carvalho to maneuver through the defense. When Hernani Chaves came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Natingui FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hernani Chaves couldn't finish the play. 25 minutes into the match, Vascogoianiense FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hernani Chaves came free, but Anderson Valladares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute, Hernani Chaves 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, Vascogoianiense FC's Fernandão Matos got a free kick in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Vascogoianiense FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jarbas Dionísio came free, but Anderson Valladares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diogo Zonta made in the 41st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Ulisses Cordeiro immediately put the ball in play. In the 45th minute Hernani Chaves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anderson Valladares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hernani Chaves stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Anderson Valladares was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Hernani Chaves showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 54 minute of play. Hernani Chaves took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anderson Valladares. Anderson Valladares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Anderson Valladares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hernani Chaves in the 76th minute. In the 78th minute Hélder Trigo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Willian Saraiva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fernandão Matos charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fernandão Matos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 78th match minute, Vascogoianiense FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernandão Matos to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hernani Chaves got free with Anderson Valladares in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Vascogoianiense FC's Anderson Valladares got control of the ball when Hernani Chaves tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vascogoianiense FC's Anderson Valladares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hernani Chaves in the 91st minute of play. In the 94th minute, Vascogoianiense FC's Ronaldão Carvalho seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ronaldão Carvalho the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Vascogoianiense FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ronaldão Carvalho had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 93rd minute of the game. One of Vascogoianiense FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Natingui FC:s goal.