Official Cup

Singapore City Stadi
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Fatih-Sultan Mehmet made the kick off and thus started the match. Clive Yang charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Clive Yang the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 2nd minute, Clive Yang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Isko Koskela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Azli Lee in the 4th minute of play. After a rather tough play, SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Reijo Enola got a free kick in the 6th minute. 【Red Empire】-Man Utd's Göran Öberg couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 6th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans. 8 minutes into the match, SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sutan Rayadi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sutan Rayadi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fatih-Sultan Mehmet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Fatih-Sultan Mehmet in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 【Red Empire】-Man Utd's goalie prevented a goal. 15 minutes into the match, SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's goal looked a bit too open when Santiago Vera came free, but Isko Koskela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Isko Koskela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Vera, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. 19 minutes into the match, SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's goalkeeper Isko Koskela had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 温荣峰. SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Xiao Sang Yuan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Clive Yang, made in the 20th minute of the game. SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Isko Koskela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Azli Lee in the 22nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sutan Rayadi was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Sutan Rayadi. Isko Koskela made an important save on a dangerous shot by Göran Öberg in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute, Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Isko Koskela had great luck who in the 30thth minute grab hold of the ball when Santiago Vera from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Santiago Vera in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Isko Koskela saved SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Santiago Vera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Isko Koskela was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. In the 33rd minute Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sutan Rayadi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Santiago Vera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Isko Koskela was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Nieminen in the 40th minute of play forced 【Red Empire】-Man Utd's goalkeeper Sutan Rayadi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Isko Koskela proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans from getting a goal against them. Sutan Rayadi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fatih-Sultan Mehmet in the 44th minute of the match. SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub in the 45th minute. Ali Nieminen was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Santiago Vera to make the kick off. Nicolae Hoisie kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. Isko Koskela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Vera in the 52nd minute of play. Sutan Rayadi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub in the 54th minute. Isko Koskela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Vera, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Isko Koskela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santiago Vera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub in the 68th minute of play forced 【Red Empire】-Man Utd's goalkeeper Sutan Rayadi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 71 minutes, Sutan Rayadi successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Isko Koskela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Vera, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Isko Koskela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Göran Öberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute, Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sutan Rayadi. The goal made the score 0-2. Reijo Enola's late challenge caught a 【Red Empire】-Man Utd's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reijo Enola helped the player get up and apologised. In the 85th match minute, SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Reijo Enola to maneuver through the defense. Sutan Rayadi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. Isko Koskela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santiago Vera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub came free with the goalkeeper in the 92nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Sutan Rayadi could save by the left post. The 【Red Empire】-Man Utd supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's performance. The match ended with a win for SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans.