Official Cup

El Monumental
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Niki Lauda took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marcial Lordi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Paulo da Silveira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Niki Lauda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eurico Arantes was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. In the 15th minute Sebastião Furtado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcial Lordi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcial Lordi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rubens Monteiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Eurico Arantes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eric Târban went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Eurico Arantes didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when RIVER's Wu Li Zhi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After a defensive mix-up in GLADIADORES's zone, Bruno Oxarra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eurico Arantes came out of the goal and Bruno Oxarra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. RIVER made a substitution. Fidel Gora replaced Bruno Oxarra. Eurico Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niki Lauda in the 39th minute of play. Niki Lauda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eurico Arantes having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Eric Târban kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Eurico Arantes. That made the score 4-0 in the 43 minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 46 minutes, Eurico Arantes successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

GLADIADORES made a substitution. Ronaldinho Bittencourt replaced Rubens Monteiro. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sebastião Furtado to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Eric Târban's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eurico Arantes was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eric Târban in the 56th minute of play forced GLADIADORES's goalkeeper Eurico Arantes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eurico Arantes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niki Lauda, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. After some careless play in the GLADIADORES defense, Eric Târban kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eurico Arantes. The GLADIADORES fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eurico Arantes should have stopped the shot. GLADIADORES's Eurico Arantes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niki Lauda in the 63rd minute of play. GLADIADORES's Eurico Arantes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niki Lauda in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eric Târban in the 66th minute of play forced GLADIADORES's goalkeeper Eurico Arantes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eurico Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eric Târban in the 69th minute of play. Sebastião Furtado charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sebastião Furtado the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rony Gerber hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. 71 minutes into the game, RIVER's Niki Lauda nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eurico Arantes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. In the 74th minute Fidel Gora shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Arantes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ronaldinho Bittencourt got free with Marcial Lordi in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 80th minute Eric Târban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Arantes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Niki Lauda struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Eurico Arantes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for RIVER. Zé Augusto Cruz kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After 85 minutes GLADIADORES's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Domingo Remigio who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fidel Gora in the 88th minute of play forced GLADIADORES's goalkeeper Eurico Arantes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes into the match, GLADIADORES's goal looked a bit too open when Fidel Gora came free, but Eurico Arantes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rd match minute, RIVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marco Rudolfo to maneuver through the defense. 97 minutes into the match, RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ronaldinho Bittencourt. RIVER's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.