Official Cup

Morumbi de Uberaba
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Heleno de Freitas made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes of play, S.C. Ferrari's Gergely Bollobás made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paul Christini was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of S.C. Ferrari booed when Edson Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Flavinho Pernambucano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paul Christini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dorian Severo, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Paul Christini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dorian Severo in the 12th minute of play. Paul Christini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gergely Bollobás, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The attack was good, but when Dorian Severo in the 15th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Bernardo Lima made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Heleno de Freitas in the 22nd minute of play. After having played for 24 minutes, Ernesto Fontes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Edson Futebol Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ernesto Fontes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Edson Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Dorian Sena hit a great ball. In the 38th minute Gergely Bollobás shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Christini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute, Panos Karkantos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bernardo Lima was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Paul Christini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gergely Bollobás's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. In the 46th minute, Ernesto Fontes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bernardo Lima. The goal made the score 2-1.

The wind increased when Gergely Bollobás made the kick off in the second half. Paul Christini made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Gergely Bollobás sent off a good shot on target. With an all-out effort, S.C. Ferrari's Paul Christini threw himself towards the right post 53 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dorian Severo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Edson Futebol Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Acácio de Andrade was slow to take the kick. During this time S.C. Ferrari's players had a chance to rest. Acácio de Andrade made a great header on S.C. Ferrari's corner, it was just that Edson Futebol Clube's Paul Christini managed to reach the ball for a save. Lars Vallengren hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. S.C. Ferrari's Carlos Duarte was substituted for Acácio de Andrade. After a rather tough play, S.C. Ferrari's Lars Vallengren got a free kick in the 57th minute. Edson Futebol Clube's Paul Christini proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Edson Futebol Clube from getting a goal against them. 66 minutes into the match, S.C. Ferrari's Tord Söderqvist sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paul Christini narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Paul Christini made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Tord Söderqvist sent off a good shot on target. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Edson Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Paul Christini, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tord Söderqvist in the 71st minute of play forced Edson Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Paul Christini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edson Futebol Clube's Paul Christini proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Edson Futebol Clube from getting a goal against them. S.C. Ferrari were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after Edson Futebol Clube's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Carlos Duarte took the corner. A throw-in in the 80th minute of the game was made by Tao Xing Yong with Ernesto Fontes as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 84th minute of the game. One of Edson Futebol Clube:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of S.C. Ferrari:s goal. The score was 2-2 after a penalty in the 86th minute, where S.C. Ferrari:s Tord Söderqvist tricked Edson Futebol Clube:s Paul Christini with a difficult ball by the left post. 92 minutes into the match, Edson Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Paul Christini had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tord Söderqvist. Paul Christini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tord Söderqvist's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tord Söderqvist in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Paul Christini prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A sloppy throw-in by Patrick Angelsø in the 98th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Edson Futebol Clube's Tao Xing Yong. The S.C. Ferrari supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing S.C. Ferrari would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.