Official Cup

Arena Black Bird
Spectators: 437 (Terracing: 329, Seating: 100, VIP seats: 8) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Noel Gaspar got the match started through his kick off. Fausto Araújo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hermínio da Silva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ defense, Juan Vergílio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristiano Albuquerque. The Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristiano Albuquerque should have stopped the shot. Ramón Damião received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Cristiano Albuquerque tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristiano Albuquerque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olívio Valladares in the 11th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Olívio Valladares's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristiano Albuquerque was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. In the 18th minute Tiago Gabriel Mello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Albuquerque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristiano Albuquerque took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olívio Valladares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristiano Albuquerque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olívio Valladares in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35th minute, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Hermínio da Silva ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fausto Araújo. Fausto Araújo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. In the 40th minute, Olívio Valladares 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, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Marcus Bastos got a free kick in the 41st minute. Olívio Valladares fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 43rd minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball bounced in the crossbar and then went out. It was a very nice shot. 46 minutes into the match, Hermínio da Silva notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Colombo A.C.'s Fausto Araújo. Fausto Araújo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Olívio Valladares was the one to do the kick off. Noel Gaspar might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fausto Araújo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Noel Gaspar ran back to his position shaking his head. 52 minutes into the game, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Noel Gaspar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fausto Araújo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. Noel Gaspar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fausto Araújo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hermínio da Silva went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. Cristiano Albuquerque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olívio Valladares in the 60th minute of the match. In the 63rd minute Tiago Gabriel Mello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Albuquerque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Juan Vergílio came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Colombo A.C. 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 Juan Vergílio couldn't finish the play. After 65 played minutes Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ got a freekick which was hit by Dorival Viana. In the 67th minute, Juan Vergílio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cristiano Albuquerque. The goal made the score 6-2. Fausto Araújo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Noel Gaspar in the 70th minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Zé Teles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fausto Araújo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermínio da Silva in the 76th minute of the match. After 79 minutes of play, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Afonso Montenegro made it 7-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fausto Araújo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Noel Gaspar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Olívio Valladares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Cristiano Albuquerque made a huge save. Hermínio da Silva scored 8-2 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fausto Araújo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Olívio Valladares got free with Cristiano Albuquerque in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.