Official Cup

Arena Independente
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tony Ellison started the match with the kick off. Ramiro do Nascimento showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Ellison, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. With a little luck, Chicken Tikka Mo Salah's Zak Jump got control of the ball when Lino Sena tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Independente Brasil getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Dudu Salgado hit a great ball. Ramiro do Nascimento showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Ellison in the 15th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Chicken Tikka Mo Salah's Stuart Brimble got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 24th minute, Nildo Silva 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. Zak Jump didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nildo Silva went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. When Lino Sena fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Independente Brasil's protests and gave Lino Sena a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Independente Brasil's Lino Sena got a free kick in the 32nd minute. In the 36th minute, Nildo Silva 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. When Lino Sena came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Independente Brasil 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 Lino Sena couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lino Sena got free with Zak Jump in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Chicken Tikka Mo Salah getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Rich North hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nildo Silva was the one to do the kick off. Dudu Salgado was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 52nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. If Nildo Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lino Sena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Zak Jump tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Independente Brasil fans' excitement grew in the 60th match minute when Independente Brasil's Nildo Silva looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 62 minutes into the match, Chicken Tikka Mo Salah's Tony Ellison sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ramiro do Nascimento narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A nice corner shot did that Rich North got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ramiro do Nascimento quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 70 minutes of play, Independente Brasil's Nildo Silva made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zak Jump was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 78th minute Lino Sena shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zak Jump saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ramiro do Nascimento made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Tony Ellison sent off a good shot on target. Lino Sena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Zak Jump tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zak Jump made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nildo Silva in the 89th minute of play. When Ciro Batista came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Independente Brasil 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 Ciro Batista couldn't finish the play. When the referee ended the match the Independente Brasil players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.