Official Cup

Morumbi
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Raul Aballe got the match started through his kick off. Alessandro de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Alberto da Cunha in the 5th minute of play. Acácio Alves's late challenge caught a Lobo Guará's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Acácio Alves helped the player get up and apologised. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Raul Aballe put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Alessandro de Souza. After 20 minutes, Zé Pedro Mesquita made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. S.C.PAULISTA's Alessandro de Souza tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Alessandro de Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raul Aballe, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute, Genílson de Amaral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, S.C.PAULISTA's Cláudio Leite tried to score from far away in the 27th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. S.C.PAULISTA's Alessandro de Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raul Aballe in the 29th minute of play. In the 32nd minute, Raul Aballe 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Rogério Sampaio got free with Nico Furlan in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th minute, Raul Aballe left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lobo Guará fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Raul Aballe in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alessandro de Souza prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Alessandro de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Pedro Mesquita in the 44th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rogério Sampaio was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Zé Pedro Mesquita left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lobo Guará fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Alessandro de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Pedro Mesquita in the 55th minute of play. In the 55th minute, Zé Pedro Mesquita left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lobo Guará fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Zé Pedro Mesquita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, S.C.PAULISTA's Eliézer Figueiredo got a free kick in the 60th minute. Genílson de Amaral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 63rd minute Zé Pedro Mesquita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alessandro de Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Lobo Guará booed when S.C.PAULISTA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Claudinei Godoi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lobo Guará's Genílson de Amaral couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 64th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for S.C.PAULISTA. After some careless play in the S.C.PAULISTA defense, Raul Aballe kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alessandro de Souza. The S.C.PAULISTA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alessandro de Souza should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the S.C.PAULISTA defense, Carlos Alberto da Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alessandro de Souza. The S.C.PAULISTA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alessandro de Souza should have stopped the shot. Carlos Alberto da Cunha received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alessandro de Souza came out and tried to block the shot, but Carlos Alberto da Cunha slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 83rd minute. 87 minutes in the game, Zé Pedro Mesquita fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Alessandro de Souza having to interfere. 92 minutes into the match, S.C.PAULISTA's goal looked a bit too open when Zé Pedro Mesquita came free, but Alessandro de Souza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Gildo Porto came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Lobo Guará 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 Gildo Porto couldn't finish the play. Lobo Guará's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.