Official Cup

HSB Arena
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Simon Marquez started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Gladiadores Legionarios's Cui Bang Qi got a free kick in the 6th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Gladiadores Legionarios's zone, Fabian Czeszejko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Efrain Maria came out of the goal and Fabian Czeszejko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Fabian Czeszejko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Efrain Maria showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabian Czeszejko in the 10th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, Olimpia HSB's Fabian Czeszejko sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Efrain Maria narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 14 minutes into the match, Fabian Czeszejko had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Efrain Maria. Gladiadores Legionarios's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fabian Czeszejko was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 18th minute, Fabian Czeszejko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Olimpia HSB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Efrain Maria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Czeszejko in the 22nd minute of play. Fabian Czeszejko might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Efrain Maria. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fabian Czeszejko ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fabian Czeszejko in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Efrain Maria saved Gladiadores Legionarios from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeronimo Gaitan in the 28th minute of play forced Olimpia HSB's goalkeeper Vladan Kovačević to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Efrain Maria took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabian Czeszejko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Efrain Maria didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fabian Czeszejko went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Vladan Kovačević took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niklas Dalkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niklas Dalkvist in the 37th minute of play forced Olimpia HSB's goalkeeper Vladan Kovačević to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fabian Czeszejko to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Fabian Czeszejko put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Efrain Maria. 60 minutes into the match, Fabian Czeszejko had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Efrain Maria. Gladiadores Legionarios's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fabian Czeszejko was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. If Fabian Czeszejko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 65 minutes into the match, Gladiadores Legionarios's goal looked a bit too open when Fabian Czeszejko came free, but Efrain Maria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Fabian Czeszejko notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Gladiadores Legionarios's Efrain Maria. Efrain Maria was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nikola Mirotić kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Olimpia HSB made a substitution. Zbyszko Skorny replaced Artur Walczak. Olimpia HSB's Witold Prosowski was substituted for Tomáš Petrásek. Olimpia HSB made a substitution. Jacek Pietrowiak replaced Fabian Czeszejko. After a rather tough play, Olimpia HSB's Nikola Mirotić got a free kick in the 76th minute. Jacek Pietrowiak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fernando Morientes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Efrain Maria having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jacek Pietrowiak in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Efrain Maria prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jacek Pietrowiak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Efrain Maria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacek Pietrowiak, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Gladiadores Legionarios made a substitution. Bernardino Orzaize replaced Ermegildo Calvet. Gladiadores Legionarios's Efrain Maria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Morientes in the 96th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Olimpia HSB fully deserved thier win.