Official Cup

Arena Arizona
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Federico Ramone started the match with the kick off. Breno de Moraes's late challenge caught a A A Arizona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Breno de Moraes helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of A A Arizona booed when Ferreira Lopes MZC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Breno de Moraes didn't get a good kick on the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Alfredo Lopes notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Ferreira Lopes MZC's Ian Rocha. Ian Rocha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 11 minutes, Alfredo Lopes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the A A Arizona and the Ferreira Lopes MZC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alfredo Lopes hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, A A Arizona's Federico Ramone dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. 18 minutes into the match, Federico Ramone dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ian Rocha, 3-0. Ian Rocha was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Luizinho Tepedino showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-0 in the 21 minute of play. If Inácio Perez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Inácio Perez took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ian Rocha. Ian Rocha dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. In the 30th minute, Zeca Torres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Inácio Perez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Ian Rocha made a huge save. With a little luck, Ferreira Lopes MZC's Ian Rocha got control of the ball when Luizinho Tepedino tried to sneak it across the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Ferreira Lopes MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Ramone came free, but Ian Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Ferreira Lopes MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Ramone came free, but Ian Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ian Rocha was out of position in the 35 minute of play, and Alfredo Lopes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alfredo Lopes really showed his touch with that goal: 6-0. The crowd rose to their feet as A A Arizona's Federico Ramone slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ian Rocha. That made the score 7-0 after 41 minutes of play. In the 45th minute Luizinho Tepedino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ian Rocha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alfredo Lopes hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eliézer Duarte to make the kick off. Federico Ramone recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 61 minutes into the game, A A Arizona's Alfredo Lopes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ian Rocha made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-0. In the 65th minute, Federico Ramone made a precise shot to the right of Ian Rocha. Ferreira Lopes MZC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-0. After a defensive mix-up in A A Arizona's zone, Breno de Moraes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Evandro Paulista came out of the goal and Breno de Moraes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Inácio Perez scored 11-0 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ian Rocha, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alfredo Lopes took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ian Rocha. Ian Rocha dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 12-0. After a rather tough play, Ferreira Lopes MZC's Tarcisio Munhoz got a free kick in the 76th minute. After having played for 77 minutes, Federico Ramone managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. A A Arizona's supporters crossed their fingers, but Federico Ramone was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 79th minute, Luizinho Tepedino made a precise shot to the right of Ian Rocha. Ferreira Lopes MZC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 13-0. Ian Rocha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Ramone in the 82nd minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, Luizinho Tepedino notched a goal, 14-0, to the right of Ferreira Lopes MZC's Ian Rocha. Ian Rocha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ian Rocha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Inácio Perez in the 87th minute of the match. After 90 minutes of play, A A Arizona's Luizinho Tepedino made it 15-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ian Rocha was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ian Rocha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luizinho Tepedino in the 93rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Ferreira Lopes MZC defense, Federico Ramone kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ian Rocha. The Ferreira Lopes MZC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ian Rocha should have stopped the shot. A A Arizona walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.