Official Cup

Stade Geoffroy-Guich
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) In the 7th minute, A.S.Saint Ethiene's Håkan Molin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Antonio Buccella. Antonio Buccella yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. H4K.BR's João Vítor da Costa quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Renato Aguiar, made in the 10th minute of the game. Lorien Tros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xiao Zhen Yun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute, Xiao Zhen Yun left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The H4K.BR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by A.S.Saint Ethiene's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Alves was slow to take the kick. During this time H4K.BR's players had a chance to rest. Antonio Buccella made an important save on a dangerous shot by Håkan Molin in the 26th minute. In the 27thth minute of the game Xiao Zhen Yun who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A.S.Saint Ethiene's Lorien Tros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Xiao Zhen Yun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lorien Tros was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. When H4K.BR's Xiao Zhen Yun in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye A.S.Saint Ethiene's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Xiao Zhen Yun put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Lorien Tros. In the 33rd minute Xiao Zhen Yun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lorien Tros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lorien Tros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Ali Yücesan in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xiao Zhen Yun in the 37th minute of play forced A.S.Saint Ethiene's goalkeeper Lorien Tros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute Xiao Zhen Yun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lorien Tros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, H4K.BR's goalkeeper Antonio Buccella had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Håkan Molin. After the first half H4K.BR were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ahmet Ali Yücesan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Ahmet Ali Yücesan put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Lorien Tros. 55 minutes into the match, A.S.Saint Ethiene's goal looked a bit too open when Xiao Zhen Yun came free, but Lorien Tros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Antonio Buccella showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodoro Camargo in the 58th minute of the match. Lorien Tros made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Xiao Zhen Yun sent off a good shot on target. H4K.BR's Tarcisio Severo was substituted for Ovidiu Goanță. After 63 minutes A.S.Saint Ethiene's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Alves who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Daniel Alves almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but A.S.Saint Ethiene's Lorien Tros did a great save. With a little luck, A.S.Saint Ethiene's Lorien Tros got control of the ball when Bernardinho Medeiros tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bernardinho Medeiros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Lorien Tros made a huge save. Xiao Zhen Yun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Daniel Alves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lorien Tros having to interfere. Lorien Tros made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xiao Zhen Yun in the 86th minute. If Nivaldo Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. H4K.BR's Xiao Zhen Yun got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The A.S.Saint Ethiene fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. H4K.BR were clearly better and deserved to take the win.