Official Cup

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Férid Khalifa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Germain Cano in the 10th minute of the match. Botafogo MZRJ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Murillo Loureiro in the 13th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Fluminense di Parma's goalkeeper Basílio Xavier had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gilmar Couto. In the 17th match minute, Fluminense di Parma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leandro Donatello to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilmar Couto in the 25th minute of play forced Fluminense di Parma's goalkeeper Basílio Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Basílio Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilmar Couto in the 28th minute of the match. Basílio Xavier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilmar Couto in the 34th minute of play. Leandro Donatello charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leandro Donatello the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Leandro Donatello kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, Fluminense di Parma's goal looked a bit too open when Gilmar Couto came free, but Basílio Xavier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rômulo Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. A hard shot by Murillo Loureiro from long distance, 38 minutes into the match, got Basílio Xavier's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 39th minute, Murillo Loureiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Botafogo MZRJ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Josué Matos's late challenge caught a Fluminense di Parma's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Josué Matos helped the player get up and apologised. Josué Matos hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. If Gilmar Couto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind Fluminense di Parma's goalkeeper Basílio Xavier, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luís Paulo Fonseca to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Josué Matos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Basílio Xavier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Jardel Berger in the 62nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Botafogo MZRJ's Matías Brasil. Fluminense di Parma's Basílio Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matías Brasil in the 62nd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Murillo Loureiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Basílio Xavier. Fluminense di Parma's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Murillo Loureiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Basílio Xavier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilmar Couto, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Basílio Xavier stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gilmar Couto's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. 71 minutes into the game, Botafogo MZRJ's Matías Brasil nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Basílio Xavier made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. A throw-in in the 82nd minute of the game was made by Moisés Arce with German Cano as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 86th minute, Matías Brasil ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Basílio Xavier was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. 89 minutes into the game, Botafogo MZRJ's Matías Brasil nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Basílio Xavier made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Basílio Xavier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matías Brasil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Botafogo MZRJ were awarded a corner in the 97th minute after Fluminense di Parma's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Murillo Loureiro took the corner. In the 97th minute, Isaltino Gomes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Luís Paulo Fonseca fell near the penalty area in the 98th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fluminense di Parma's protests and gave Luís Paulo Fonseca a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Fluminense di Parma getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Luís Paulo Fonseca hit a great ball. Botafogo MZRJ's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.