Official Cup

Morumbi de Uberaba
Spectators: 524 (Terracing: 394, Seating: 120, VIP seats: 10) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mikolaj Giertych got the match started through his kick off. Kang Ying Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Heleno de Freitas in the 3rd minute of the match. Dorian Sena made in the 5th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Djalma Di Filippo immediately put the ball in play. In the 9th minute Heleno de Freitas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kang Ying Hai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 10 minutes, Panos Karkantos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Edson Futebol Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Panos Karkantos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 16 minutes Edson Futebol Clube's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Napoleon Lewicki who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Cavad Lider got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Paul Christini quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cavad Lider scored 1-1 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Paul Christini, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Paul Christini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mikolaj Giertych's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. Kang Ying Hai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Fontes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paul Christini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikolaj Giertych in the 23rd minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Napoleon Lewicki got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Paul Christini quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Napoleon Lewicki hit a great ball. A collision led to Edson Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Dawid Gruchacz hit a great ball. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Agustin Gartzen hit a great ball. Agustin Gartzen hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. When Djalma Di Filippo came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Edson Futebol Clube fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Djalma Di Filippo couldn't finish the play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Fontes in the 51st minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Kang Ying Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heleno de Freitas in the 58th minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Kang Ying Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute Heleno de Freitas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kang Ying Hai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paul Christini came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Mikolaj Giertych. But to his dismay, Mikolaj Giertych quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Olaf Cebula was substituted for Mikolaj Giertych. Kang Ying Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Heleno de Freitas in the 69th minute of the match. Olaf Cebula sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Olaf Cebula could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Paul Christini made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Olaf Cebula got free with Paul Christini in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Paul Christini made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Flavio Perez sent off a good shot on target. Paul Christini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daavid Uitto in the 77th minute of the match. Paul Christini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Perez in the 80th minute of play. ..Villa Rugby Club.. were awarded a corner in the 81th minute after Edson Futebol Clube's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daavid Uitto took the corner. Paul Christini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Perez in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Flavio Perez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paul Christini was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Paul Christini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Flavio Perez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in ..Villa Rugby Club..'s zone, Heleno de Freitas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kang Ying Hai came out of the goal and Heleno de Freitas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 92nd play minute Olaf Cebula came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Paul Christini. 1-4.

..Villa Rugby Club.. played a much better game than Edson Futebol Clube and deserved their victory. The Edson Futebol Clube players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.