Official Cup

Singapore City Stadi
Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Azli Lee got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Sandrinho Nóbrega made a precise shot to the right of Gigi Buffon. ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandrinho Nóbrega in the 7th minute of play forced ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's goalkeeper Gigi Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gigi Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sandrinho Nóbrega, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. The audience was convinced that Azli Lee's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eriberto Moura was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. 17 minutes into the game, Antônio Carlos Tande cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Gigi Buffon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Antônio Carlos Tande's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gigi Buffon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. After 25 played minutes ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd got a freekick which was hit by Alam Hongyi. Sandrinho Nóbrega fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gigi Buffon having to interfere. 31 minutes into the match, Antônio Carlos Tande notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's Gigi Buffon. Gigi Buffon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Didi Singh could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Eriberto Moura made a huge save. Antônio Carlos Tande fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gigi Buffon having to interfere. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's goalkeeper Gigi Buffon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 42 minutes into the match, Antônio Carlos Tande had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gigi Buffon. ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antônio Carlos Tande was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. The ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. CRISDIELDAN were winning 0-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antônio Carlos Tande stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Sandrinho Nóbrega's late challenge caught a ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sandrinho Nóbrega helped the player get up and apologised. In the 51st minute, Sandrinho Nóbrega hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 51 played minutes, ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's Azli Lee shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eriberto Moura came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd reached it. In the 52nd minute Antônio Carlos Tande shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigi Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Antônio Carlos Tande kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gigi Buffon. That made the score 0-6 in the 74 minute of play. Antônio Carlos Tande in the 88thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gigi Buffon, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Eriberto Moura stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Didi Singh's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. Eriberto Moura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darren Sarangapani in the 97th minute of play.