Official Cup

Arena Palmares
Spectators: 143 (Terracing: 108, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Gerson da Rocha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Palmares Futebol Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Gerson da Rocha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tuncer Seralp breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 4th minute, Torbjörn Fors left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sith Lords fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Fellipe de Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maciej Zacharczyk in the 8th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the game, Sith Lords's Yu Zhen Zhan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fellipe de Almeida made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. A collision led to Sith Lords getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Wit Fronczak hit a great ball. Fellipe de Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Torbjörn Fors, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. When Zé Paulo Simões came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Palmares Futebol Clube 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 Zé Paulo Simões couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celil Yüksel in the 25th minute of play forced Palmares Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Fellipe de Almeida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the game, Joãozinho Pernambucano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Palmares Futebol Clube's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sith Lords the free kick. After a rather tough play, Palmares Futebol Clube's Joãozinho Pernambucano got a free kick in the 31st minute. 34 minutes into the match, Palmares Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Maciej Zacharczyk came free, but Fellipe de Almeida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Palmares Futebol Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Celil Yüksel was slow to take the kick. During this time Sith Lords's players had a chance to rest. 37 minutes into the match, Sith Lords's goalkeeper Tuncer Seralp had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joãozinho Pernambucano. Fellipe de Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celil Yüksel in the 40th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joãozinho Pernambucano to make the kick off. When Luiz Eduardo Donatello fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Palmares Futebol Clube's protests and gave Luiz Eduardo Donatello a yellow card for diving instead. In the 51st match minute, Palmares Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Eduardo Donatello to maneuver through the defense. In the 60th minute, Lukasz Fujara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 64 minutes into the match, Sith Lords's goal looked a bit too open when Zé Paulo Simões came free, but Tuncer Seralp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute Torbjörn Fors shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fellipe de Almeida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Róbson Massa kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. In the 71st match minute, Palmares Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Eduardo Donatello to maneuver through the defense. Gerson da Rocha's late challenge caught a Sith Lords's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gerson da Rocha helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Palmares Futebol Clube's Gerson da Rocha got a free kick in the 74th minute. João Carlos Antunes's late challenge caught a Sith Lords's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. João Carlos Antunes helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Palmares Futebol Clube's João Carlos Antunes got a free kick in the 81st minute. Fellipe de Almeida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celil Yüksel in the 82nd minute of play. Yu Zhen Zhan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fellipe de Almeida came out and tried to block the shot, but Yu Zhen Zhan slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 86th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yu Zhen Zhan got free with Fellipe de Almeida in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 93 minutes into the match, Torbjörn Fors dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Fellipe de Almeida, 0-5. When the match was over Sith Lords could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Palmares Futebol Clube throughout the match.