Official Cup

Estadio Nagano
Spectators: 572 (Terracing: 430, Seating: 131, VIP seats: 11) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Benedykt Pankiewicz made the kick off which started today's match. NAGANO F.C's Vellito Alguerdo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lei Feng Yan in the 3rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Krisztián Véber in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vellito Alguerdo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When NAGANO F.C's Jari Alenius in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's goalie prevented a goal. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Clodoveo Weather was slow to take the kick. During this time NAGANO F.C's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Zsigmond Gyarmati heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Vellito Alguerdo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benedykt Pankiewicz in the 12th minute of play. Esen Sanal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jari Alenius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Krisztián Véber in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vellito Alguerdo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 21 played minutes NAGANO F.C got a freekick which was hit by Clodoveo Weather. In the 22nd minute, Cléber Medeiros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vellito Alguerdo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedykt Pankiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Esen Sanal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jari Alenius's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Krisztián Véber got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vellito Alguerdo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lei Feng Yan in the 43rd minute of play. In the 44th minute Jari Alenius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esen Sanal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jari Alenius was the one to do the kick off. Krisztián Véber kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 55thth minute. Though ot was a great shot NAGANO F.C's keeper Vellito Alguerdo was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Krisztián Vébers short, quick shot in the 60thth minute got Vellito Alguerdo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 68th minute Jari Alenius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esen Sanal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Benedykt Pankiewicz in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vellito Alguerdo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 72 minutes into the match, S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Lei Feng Yan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vellito Alguerdo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jari Alenius blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Esen Sanal having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedykt Pankiewicz in the 80th minute of play forced NAGANO F.C's goalkeeper Vellito Alguerdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vellito Alguerdo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lei Feng Yan in the 81st minute of the match. In the 83rd match minute, S.E.R. Caxias do Sul was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gernando Falcão to maneuver through the defense. NAGANO F.C made a substitution. Gabriel Batistuta replaced Jari Alenius. In the 87th minute of the match NAGANO F.C got a corner. S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Clodoveo Weather ran over to the corner to take the kick. Erk Hong made a great header on NAGANO F.C's corner, it was just that S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Esen Sanal managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 89th minute, Lei Feng Yan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The S.E.R. Caxias do Sul fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Esen Sanal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Batistuta in the 95th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gabriel Batistuta in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Esen Sanal prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 96 minutes, Gabriel Batistuta made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Esen Sanal tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

The players didn't get much rest, but they still tried to pep each other up as they lined up for the first half in overtime. S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Benedykt Pankiewicz started the play with his kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 103 minutes, Esen Sanal successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 105 minutes in the game Duarte Hoffmann did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Lei Feng Yan. The supporters of S.E.R. Caxias do Sul booed when NAGANO F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 106 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cléber Medeiros didn't get a good kick on the ball. S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Esen Sanal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Batistuta in the 109th minute of play. Vellito Alguerdo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lei Feng Yan, who was totally free with the ball in the 111th minute. With a little luck, S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Esen Sanal got control of the ball when Gabriel Batistuta tried to sneak it across the goal line. Both sets of players were looking tired when the whistle went to end the half. Everyone was pleased to get a few minutes to rest before extra-time resumed.

The players still looked rather fresh even though it was time for second half of the overtime. Gabriel Batistuta did a quick kick off. The audience was convinced that Gabriel Batistuta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Esen Sanal was relentless in the 123rd minute of the game. Duarte Hoffmann got a throw-in 126 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Benedykt Pankiewicz. Defensive play by both the teams in the second half of extra-time meant the match finished 1-1. The game would now be decided on penalties.

When the match had been going on for 136 minutes, NAGANO F.C's Gabriel Batistuta got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Esen Sanal. NAGANO F.C:s Esen Sanal showed great skill when he stopped Wellington Fonseca:s penalty. S.E.R. Caxias do Sul:s Esen Sanal showed great skill when he stopped 郝德坤:s penalty. Thorbjörn Hong never hesitated and kicked 3-2 on penalty. Duarte Hoffmann succeeded in the game's 147th minute to get real power on a long shot . NAGANO F.C's Vellito Alguerdo hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 4-4! The goalkeeper, Esen Sanal, was totally fooled by NAGANO F.C's Diego Beckenbauer, who 148 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 150th minute of the game, S.E.R. Caxias do Sul got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. The goalkeeper, Esen Sanal, was totally fooled by NAGANO F.C's Ariel Ortega, who 151 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. The goalkeeper, Vellito Alguerdo, was totally fooled by S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Faustão Châton, who 154 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. S.E.R. Caxias do Sul played a much better game than NAGANO F.C and deserved their victory. The NAGANO F.C players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.