Official Cup

Nikko Arena
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bernardo Novaes got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Novaes in the 3rd minute of play forced En Avant Nikko's goalkeeper Silvestre Derwin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Silvestre Derwin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bernardo Novaes went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 10 minutes into the match, Lex Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Gösta Sellberg came free, but Tomáš Houdek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute, Johnny Jacquemet ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomáš Houdek was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 16th minute Bernardo Novaes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvestre Derwin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bernardo Novaes in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Silvestre Derwin saved En Avant Nikko from getting behind. The throw-in from Nathanaël Foulonneau in the 21st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Lex Academy's Fausto Castulo. After 22 minutes of play, Lex Academy's Miloslav Krupička made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Silvestre Derwin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Silvestre Derwin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Jursa, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Bernardo Novaes took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Silvestre Derwin. Silvestre Derwin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Silvestre Derwin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardo Novaes in the 35th minute of the match. Nathanaël Foulonneau made in the 40th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Malcom Fournie immediately put the ball in play. The audience was convinced that Bernardo Novaes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Silvestre Derwin was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Silvestre Derwin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miloslav Krupička, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Bernardo Novaes scored 1-4 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Silvestre Derwin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 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 Gösta Sellberg made a kick off. In the 55thth minute of the game Bernardo Novaes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but En Avant Nikko's Silvestre Derwin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 58 minutes into the match, En Avant Nikko's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardo Novaes came free, but Silvestre Derwin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Novaes in the 60th minute of play forced En Avant Nikko's goalkeeper Silvestre Derwin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute of the match Lex Academy got a corner. En Avant Nikko's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Roman Jursa ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 65th minute, Bernardo Novaes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lex Academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Bernardo Novaes took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Silvestre Derwin to make any attempt to save it. If Bernardo Novaes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. En Avant Nikko made a substitution. Jordy Jean-Marie replaced Joe Meslet. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind En Avant Nikko's goalkeeper Silvestre Derwin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Silvestre Derwin came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Lex Academy's Bernardo Novaes. But to his dismay, Bernardo Novaes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-7. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bernardo Novaes in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Silvestre Derwin saved En Avant Nikko from getting behind. When Lex Academy's Bernardo Novaes in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye En Avant Nikko's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bernardo Novaes in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Silvestre Derwin saved En Avant Nikko from getting behind. 90 minutes into the match, Bernardo Novaes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Silvestre Derwin. En Avant Nikko's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernardo Novaes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-8.