Official Cup

Amsterdam ArenA
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fernandão Azevedo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ajax AFC's Ronaldinho Rezende played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano van Beek in the 4th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Adriano van Beek sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ronaldinho Rezende narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 10 minutes into the match, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Adriano van Beek sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ronaldinho Rezende narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 12th minute Adriano van Beek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldinho Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adriano van Beek scored 0-1 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ronaldinho Rezende, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 17thth minute of the game Adriano van Beek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ajax AFC's Ronaldinho Rezende was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 27 minutes into the match, ✪ XV de Umarizal's goalkeeper Domingo Bulnes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fernandão Azevedo. In the 28th minute Adriano van Beek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldinho Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the game, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Adriano van Beek nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ronaldinho Rezende made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. 42 minutes into the game, Toninho Scherer threw the ball into play from the sideline. ✪ XV de Umarizal's Allan Winström quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Adriano van Beek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ronaldinho Rezende having to interfere. Domingo Bulnes made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Fellipe Furtado sent off a good shot on target. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Adriano van Beek made a kick off. Adriano van Beek's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ronaldinho Rezende read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Adriano van Beek sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ronaldinho Rezende narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Ajax AFC's Mirko Harms got a free kick in the 57th minute. Ronaldinho Rezende made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adriano van Beek in the 58th minute. Ajax AFC's Evaristo Urbano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Joel Rosado, made in the 65th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Douglas Cabral in the 66th minute of play forced ✪ XV de Umarizal's goalkeeper Domingo Bulnes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 70 minutes, Mirko Harms mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ajax AFC and the ✪ XV de Umarizal players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 71st match minute, Ajax AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mirko Harms to maneuver through the defense. Ajax AFC's Ronaldinho Rezende proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Ajax AFC from getting a goal against them. ✪ XV de Umarizal's Luiz Fabiano Amorim was substituted for Bai Yan Yong. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ajax AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Anderson Passos was slow to take the kick. During this time ✪ XV de Umarizal's players had a chance to rest. Ajax AFC's Ronaldinho Rezende proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Ajax AFC from getting a goal against them. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Ajax AFC's goalkeeper Ronaldinho Rezende, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 84th minute of the match ✪ XV de Umarizal got a corner. Ajax AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Anderson Passos ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Anderson Passos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ajax AFC's Ronaldinho Rezende did a great save. Roberto Antoni made a good shot from long distance 86 minutes into the match, but Ronaldinho Rezende was on his toes and read the play so well that he without major difficulties grabbed hold of the ball before it went into the goal in the upper right corner. After 94 played minutes Ajax AFC got a freekick which was hit by Evaristo Urbano. ✪ XV de Umarizal played a much better game than Ajax AFC and deserved their victory. The Ajax AFC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.