Prized/Friendly Cup

São Januário
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Jonas Veloso made the kick off and thus started the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Apolo Piarres in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wellington Barbosa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gil Motta charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gil Motta the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a defensive mix-up in Vasco FC's zone, Apolo Piarres stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wellington Barbosa came out of the goal and Apolo Piarres tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. NUMBA's Astor Oinatz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save NUMBA from getting a goal against them. Candido Unax fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wellington Barbosa having to interfere. Vasco FC's Wellington Barbosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Apolo Piarres in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Raphael de Medeiros reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Astor Oinatz. The goal made the score 1-0. Wellington Barbosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apolo Piarres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute of the match, Jonas Veloso got a very nice opportunity to score, but Astor Oinatz was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Astor Oinatz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gil Motta in the 32nd minute of the match. After 33 played minutes NUMBA got a freekick which was hit by Erasmo Gonsalvo. In the 41st minute Raphael de Medeiros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Astor Oinatz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erasmo Gonsalvo's late challenge caught a Vasco FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erasmo Gonsalvo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 42nd minute, Erasmo Gonsalvo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wellington Barbosa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Apolo Piarres's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Apolo Piarres took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wellington Barbosa. Wellington Barbosa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Apolo Piarres stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wellington Barbosa came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by NUMBA's Apolo Piarres. But to his dismay, Apolo Piarres quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Carlos Telesforo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Wellington Barbosa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 59 minutes into the game, Vasco FC's Jonas Veloso nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Astor Oinatz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. In the 62nd minute, Raphael de Medeiros ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Astor Oinatz was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. In the 67th match minute, NUMBA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bonifacio Distiratsu to maneuver through the defense. After 72 minutes of play, NUMBA's Apolo Piarres made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wellington Barbosa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jonas Veloso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Astor Oinatz having to interfere. Astor Oinatz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raphael de Medeiros, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raphael de Medeiros in the 85th minute of play forced NUMBA's goalkeeper Astor Oinatz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Apolo Piarres in the 90thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Wellington Barbosa, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Vasco FC succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though NUMBA had controlled the match.