Official Cup

Urbano Caldeira
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) After a defensive mix-up in Santos City's zone, Petre Gheorghe stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nuno Bittencourt came out of the goal and Petre Gheorghe tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Santos City defense, Damian Pătrașcu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nuno Bittencourt. The Santos City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nuno Bittencourt should have stopped the shot. 10 minutes into the game, Lucius Gabor cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Nuno Bittencourt was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 13 minutes into the game, Juventus PTM's Damian Pătrașcu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nuno Bittencourt made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 15th minute, Celsinho Alcântara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ivan Şumălan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manuel Huștea made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Válbson Ortiz sent off a good shot on target. In the 32nd minute, Damian Pătrașcu 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. In the 32nd minute Adrian Hosu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nuno Bittencourt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 34 minutes into the game, Juventus PTM's Lucius Gabor nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nuno Bittencourt made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Ivan Şumălan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nuno Bittencourt having to interfere. 38 minutes into the game, Juventus PTM's Petre Gheorghe nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nuno Bittencourt made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Nuno Bittencourt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valer Donici went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Nuno Bittencourt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Damian Pătrașcu's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Artur Dracena made the kick off in the second half. Nuno Bittencourt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Pătrașcu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivan Şumălan got free with Nuno Bittencourt in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nuno Bittencourt was a little too slow when Petre Gheorghe got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 57th minute. The score was now 0-7. 61 minutes into the match, Santos City's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Pătrașcu came free, but Nuno Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Virgil Lixandru reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nuno Bittencourt. The goal made the score 0-8. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Lucius Gabor took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Nuno Bittencourt to make any attempt to save it. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Artur Dracena managed to get in a good position for a shot. Santos City's supporters rose to their feet, but Artur Dracena was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Manuel Huștea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 74 minutes into the match, Santos City's goalkeeper Nuno Bittencourt had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lucius Gabor. Santos City's Nuno Bittencourt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Santos City from getting a goal against them. In the 78th minute of the match, Damian Pătrașcu tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Nuno Bittencourt saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a defensive mix-up in Santos City's zone, Ivan Şumălan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nuno Bittencourt came out of the goal and Ivan Şumălan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Damian Pătrașcu might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nuno Bittencourt. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damian Pătrașcu ran back to his position shaking his head. Damian Pătrașcu did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-10 to the left of a surprised Nuno Bittencourt 82 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Lucius Gabor managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juventus PTM's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucius Gabor was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nuno Bittencourt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivan Şumălan got free with Nuno Bittencourt in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Santos City's Nuno Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petre Gheorghe in the 88th minute of play. After 89 played minutes Santos City got a freekick which was hit by Celsinho Alcântara. 91 minutes into the match, Santos City's goalkeeper Nuno Bittencourt had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lucius Gabor. Nuno Bittencourt was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Virgil Lixandru. Juventus PTM's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.