Official Cup

Estádio Guararapes
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Romeu Guedes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavio Beat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 6th minute, Нотингам's Delyan Tzenov seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Delyan Tzenov the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Нотингам protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Delyan Tzenov had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. When the match had been going on for 8 minutes, Guararapes's Vinicio Bermudo 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 Luo Feng. Omurtag Venchev was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Luo Feng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tony Carioca's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. In the 20th minute Tony Carioca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luo Feng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guararapes were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Нотингам's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ragıp Işık took the corner. Luo Feng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinicio Bermudo, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. The supporters of Guararapes booed when Нотингам was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zapryan Sakarov didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Нотингам getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. László Boda hit a great ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Dos Santos was the one to do the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Dos Santos in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Romeu Guedes saved Guararapes from getting behind. Luo Feng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Carioca in the 55th minute of the match. In the 57th minute Ragıp Işık shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luo Feng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute Tomas Dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romeu Guedes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luo Feng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Carioca in the 71st minute of play. Luo Feng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vinicio Bermudo's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. After a rather tough play, Guararapes's Sílvio Botelho got a free kick in the 78th minute. Guararapes made a substitution. José Pedro Cardozo replaced Ragıp Işık. Guararapes's Cristiano Lago was substituted for Tony Carioca. A collision led to Guararapes getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Sílvio Botelho hit a great ball. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Guararapes's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zapryan Sakarov was slow to take the kick. During this time Нотингам's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Zapryan Sakarov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Romeu Guedes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 83rd minute Rodd Lockwood shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romeu Guedes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guararapes's Romeu Guedes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Guararapes from getting a goal against them. A nice corner shot did that Omurtag Venchev got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Romeu Guedes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Dos Santos in the 96th minute of play forced Guararapes's goalkeeper Romeu Guedes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 97th match minute, Нотингам was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodd Lockwood to maneuver through the defense. Нотингам were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Guararapes to leave the ground with a draw.