Official Cup

Melon Garden
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Róbert Benkó made the kick off which started today's match. Ján Tuleja came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Armada's Róbert Benkó. But to his dismay, Róbert Benkó quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 6 minutes into the match, Armada's goalkeeper Färid Mondragón had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomáš Malý. The throw-in from Vincent Pacher in the 7th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Armada's Ionică Hrandabur. In the 12th minute, Tomáš Malý ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Färid Mondragón was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Rivaldo Esquerdo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Ján Tuleja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Róbert Benkó in the 20th minute of play forced FC Melon's goalkeeper Ján Tuleja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, Róbert Benkó 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. After 27 played minutes Armada got a freekick which was hit by Ştefan Grama. Färid Mondragón made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Erik Žitňár sent off a good shot on target. In the 33rdth minute of the game Róbert Benkó who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Melon's Ján Tuleja was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Róbert Benkó in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ján Tuleja saved FC Melon from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Róbert Benkó's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ján Tuleja was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. After 37 minutes FC Melon's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hong Zhen Hui who took care of the corner kick. Armada's Róbert Benkó was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ján Tuleja in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When Armada's Róbert Benkó in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Melon's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Róbert Benkó in the 41st minute of play forced FC Melon's goalkeeper Ján Tuleja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Róbert Benkó notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of FC Melon's Ján Tuleja. Ján Tuleja was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Rivaldo Esquerdo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomáš Malý to make the kick off. Ján Tuleja made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Róbert Benkó sent off a good shot on target. 54 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when FC Melon's Matej Adamec fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Armada's Färid Mondragón played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomáš Malý in the 56th minute of play. Färid Mondragón showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vincent Pacher in the 57th minute of the match. Matej Adamec kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Róbert Benkó recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 60th match minute, Armada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ma Feng Sen to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, FC Melon's Ján Tuleja got control of the ball when Róbert Benkó tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Erik Žitňár's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Färid Mondragón was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Armada's Färid Mondragón played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Kudlak in the 66th minute of play. Färid Mondragón showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomáš Semenník in the 67th minute of the match. Tomáš Semenník scored 2-2 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Färid Mondragón, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. FC Melon made a substitution. Vladimír Madeja replaced Tomáš Semenník. FC Melon's Jaromír Mojžiš was substituted for Lukáš Hučka. FC Melon's Ján Tuleja proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save FC Melon from getting a goal against them. Färid Mondragón didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vladimír Madeja went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. 89 minutes into the match, Armada's Róbert Benkó sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ján Tuleja narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vincent Pacher during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, FC Melon's Vincent Pacher got a free kick in the 90th minute. Armada's Liviu Buceceanu was substituted for Róbert Benkó. A collision led to FC Melon getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Vincent Pacher hit a great ball.