Official Cup

Morumbi de Uberaba
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Heleno de Freitas took the kick off in the first half of the match. The ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ fans' excitement grew in the 4th match minute when ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s Horea Savin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Hamílton Loyola made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernesto Fontes in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute Roland Seggewiß 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 16th minute, Heleno de Freitas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hamílton Loyola. The goal made the score 1-1. With his leg Hamílton Loyola managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when Edson Futebol Clube's Ernesto Fontes fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 20th minute, Heleno de Freitas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Edson Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Hamílton Loyola had great luck who in the 26thth minute grab hold of the ball when Heleno de Freitas from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Edson Futebol Clube were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tao Xing Yong took the corner. In the 31st minute Heleno de Freitas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hamílton Loyola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Heleno de Freitas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hamílton Loyola was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Heleno de Freitas in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hamílton Loyola saved ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ from getting behind. Edson Futebol Clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tao Xing Yong in the 37th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Panos Karkantos heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernesto Fontes got free with Hamílton Loyola in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Edson Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Tao Xing Yong hit a great ball. A collision led to ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Tao Cheng Hong hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Horea Savin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hamílton Loyola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Heleno de Freitas, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 53 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 Seetal Koulibaly. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heleno de Freitas in the 55th minute of play forced ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s goalkeeper Hamílton Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s Tao Cheng Hong got a free kick in the 59th minute. Christiano Ronaldo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Paul Christini made a huge save. In the 66th minute of the match, Horea Savin tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Paul Christini saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 70th minute Ernesto Fontes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hamílton Loyola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hamílton Loyola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Heleno de Freitas, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Heleno de Freitas in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hamílton Loyola saved ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ from getting behind. The Edson Futebol Clube fans' excitement grew in the 74th match minute when Edson Futebol Clube's Heleno de Freitas looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Edson Futebol Clube's Tuncay Şanlı was substituted for Dumitru Albulescu. Hamílton Loyola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Heleno de Freitas in the 83rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s Harald Teissen got a free kick in the 90th minute. After some careless play in the ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ defense, Heleno de Freitas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hamílton Loyola. The ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hamílton Loyola should have stopped the shot. Ernesto Fontes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.