Official Cup

Forge Field
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Martin Palermo got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th match minute, Birmingham Railers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Paulo Arce to maneuver through the defense. Ivan Bernad kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the game, Dedé Bastos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Birmingham Railers FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave LTA FC the free kick. In the 14th minute, Martin Palermo made a precise shot to the right of Eurico Gonçalves. Birmingham Railers FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 17 minutes into the match, Erubiel Dominix notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Birmingham Railers FC's Eurico Gonçalves. Eurico Gonçalves was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eurico Gonçalves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Palermo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eurico Gonçalves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Palermo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eurico Gonçalves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delmar Sol in the 27th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Delmar Sol in the 28th minute of play forced Birmingham Railers FC's goalkeeper Eurico Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arsenio Maiorga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Forlan in the 29th minute of the match. Arsenio Maiorga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Forlan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, LTA FC's Martin Palermo got a free kick in the 38th minute. If Ivan Bernad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 42 minutes into the match, Birmingham Railers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Palermo came free, but Eurico Gonçalves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eurico Gonçalves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Palermo in the 45th minute of the match. Eurico Gonçalves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Palermo, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Diego Forlan to make the kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 52 minutes, Eurico Gonçalves successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After a rather tough play, Birmingham Railers FC's Pablo Maia got a free kick in the 55th minute. After 59 played minutes Birmingham Railers FC got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Paulo Arce. The supporters of Birmingham Railers FC booed when LTA FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Delmar Sol didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luiz Paulo Arce fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arsenio Maiorga having to interfere. A collision led to LTA FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Moises Salvadore hit a great ball. Moises Salvadore hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Birmingham Railers FC's Eurico Gonçalves got control of the ball when Martin Palermo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 79th minute Erubiel Dominix shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ariel Cisco kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. In the 89th play minute Martin Palermo came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Eurico Gonçalves. 0-3. LTA FC's Leonel Luke was substituted for Erubiel Dominix. A collision led to Birmingham Railers FC getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Pablo Maia hit a great ball. After having played for 95 minutes, Martin Palermo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. LTA FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martin Palermo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.