Official Cup

Arena Blumenau
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Blumenau Esporte Clube's Gonçalo Mendonça started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Gonçalo Mendonça's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Evandro Paulista skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The supporters of Blumenau Esporte Clube booed when A A Arizona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jorge Ramos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 6 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for A A Arizona! The supporters of A A Arizona booed when Blumenau Esporte Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Percival Figueiredo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Giovani Tinoco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Inácio Perez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giovani Tinoco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Inácio Perez, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. After 26 played minutes Blumenau Esporte Clube got a freekick which was hit by Allan Prado. After a rather tough play, A A Arizona's Juvenal Proença got a free kick in the 28th minute. A A Arizona's Evandro Paulista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonçalo Mendonça in the 30th minute of play. After having played for 38 minutes, José Augusto Couto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Blumenau Esporte Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Augusto Couto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luizinho Tepedino during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, A A Arizona's Juvenal Proença got a free kick in the 44th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Federico Ramone was the one to do the kick off. Gonçalo Mendonça fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 50th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evandro Paulista having to interfere. Thanks to some nice moves Luizinho Tepedino could shoot a difficult shot in the 52nd minute, which Giovani Tinoco however easily saved by the left post. Giovani Tinoco was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Jorge Ramos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jorge Ramos really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. A A Arizona's Alfredo Lopes was substituted for Inácio Perez. The supporters of Blumenau Esporte Clube booed when A A Arizona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Inácio Perez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Blumenau Esporte Clube were furious when Claudinho de Queiroz was red carded, 61 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 62nd minute, Claudinho de Queiroz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 63rd minute Federico Ramone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giovani Tinoco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Giovani Tinoco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luizinho Tepedino in the 64th minute of the match. Giovani Tinoco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Ramone, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Blumenau Esporte Clube's Giovani Tinoco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luizinho Tepedino in the 74th minute of play. Jorge Ramos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Giovani Tinoco made a huge save. Giovani Tinoco made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Luizinho Tepedino sent off a good shot on target. In the 81st minute, A A Arizona's Alfredo Lopes ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Giovani Tinoco. Giovani Tinoco yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. Haroldo Severo hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gonçalo Mendonça in the 85th minute of play forced A A Arizona's goalkeeper Evandro Paulista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Ramos in the 87th minute of play forced Blumenau Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Giovani Tinoco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute of the match Pedro Luiz Saldanha shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Evandro Paulista showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A A Arizona played a much better game than Blumenau Esporte Clube and deserved their victory. The Blumenau Esporte Clube players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.