League

Morumbi de Uberaba
Spectators: 8418 (Terracing: 6314, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) Tomé Montenegro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Fontes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomé Montenegro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernesto Fontes in the 5th minute of the match. Edson Futebol Clube's attack was well implemented in the 11th minute, but when Betinho Damião was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Tomé Montenegro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Betinho Damião's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. With a little luck, Ferreira Lopes MZC's Tomé Montenegro got control of the ball when Panos Karkantos tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Panos Karkantos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tomé Montenegro was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Ronaldo Alcântara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Ferreira Lopes MZC's Franklin Souza got a free kick in the 24th minute. Tomé Montenegro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Betinho Damião in the 25th minute of the match. Ferreira Lopes MZC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 27th minute, when Panos Karkantos scored to the left of an out of position Tomé Montenegro, making the score, 1-0. Paul Christini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franklin Souza in the 32nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Betinho Damião in the 42nd minute of play forced Ferreira Lopes MZC's goalkeeper Tomé Montenegro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Ferreira Lopes MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Betinho Damião came free, but Tomé Montenegro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Betinho Damião could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Tomé Montenegro made a huge save. 46 minutes into the match, Edson Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldo Alcântara came free, but Paul Christini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Betinho Damião stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Ferreira Lopes MZC's João Francisco Vianna got a free kick in the 52nd minute. The supporters of Edson Futebol Clube booed when Ferreira Lopes MZC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Franklin Souza didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Betinho Damião in the 57th minute of play forced Ferreira Lopes MZC's goalkeeper Tomé Montenegro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomé Montenegro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panos Karkantos in the 60th minute of play. After 64 played minutes Ferreira Lopes MZC got a freekick which was hit by Franklin Souza. In the 65th minute, Herald Depauw hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomé Montenegro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Karkantos in the 67th minute of the match. Tomé Montenegro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Betinho Damião, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Edson Futebol Clube's Paul Christini got control of the ball when Ronaldo Alcântara tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 86th match minute, Edson Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernesto Fontes to maneuver through the defense. Dawid Gruchacz hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Ferreira Lopes MZC's Tomé Montenegro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Panos Karkantos in the 93rd minute of play. Edson Futebol Clube's Flavinho Pernambucano suffered a sore thigh after 94 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 94 minutes, Franklin Souza mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ferreira Lopes MZC and the Edson Futebol Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th minute, Franklin Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lucas Hulk hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. When the referee ended the match the Edson Futebol Clube players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.