Official Cup

Newmarket Fly Bird
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Franciszek Zukowski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Franciszek Zukowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hong Ballard read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, AS Monaco FC's Franciszek Zukowski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hong Ballard narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Fly T.T's zone, Franciszek Zukowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hong Ballard came out of the goal and Franciszek Zukowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hong Ballard made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franciszek Zukowski in the 12th minute of play. In the 15th minute of the match AS Monaco FC got a corner. Fly T.T's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mai Jian Sen ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bertrand Glass in the 16th minute of play forced AS Monaco FC's goalkeeper Roch Puch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Fly T.T's goalkeeper Hong Ballard, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 22nd match minute, AS Monaco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mai Jian Sen to maneuver through the defense. AS Monaco FC's Roch Puch proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save AS Monaco FC from getting a goal against them. Mai Jian Sen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Hong Ballard tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hong Ballard took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franciszek Zukowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Francis Crowder in the 33rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by AS Monaco FC's Ludomil Galagan. Hong Ballard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franciszek Zukowski in the 34th minute of the match. Renaldo Yost might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roch Puch. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Renaldo Yost ran back to his position shaking his head. Franciszek Zukowski scored 0-1 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hong Ballard, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hong Ballard came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by AS Monaco FC's Franciszek Zukowski. But to his dismay, Franciszek Zukowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bertrand Glass to make the kick off. In the 50th minute Bertrand Glass shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Puch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Renaldo Yost fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roch Puch having to interfere. A nice corner shot did that Mai Jian Sen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hong Ballard quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 63 minutes into the game, AS Monaco FC's Franciszek Zukowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hong Ballard made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. After some careless play in the AS Monaco FC defense, Pastor Vergaray kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roch Puch. The AS Monaco FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roch Puch should have stopped the shot. Hong Ballard showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jairo Guifre, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Hong Ballard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jairo Guifre in the 73rd minute. In the 75th match minute, Fly T.T was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pastor Vergaray to maneuver through the defense. AS Monaco FC's Kajetan Madajczyk was substituted for Mai Jian Sen. A collision led to Fly T.T getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Pastor Vergaray hit a great ball. Jairo Guifre who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 80thth minute tested the skills of Hong Ballard when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Jairo Guifre did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Hong Ballard 80 minutes into the match. A collision led to Fly T.T getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Franciszek Kopacz hit a great ball. Fly T.T's Hong Ballard proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Fly T.T from getting a goal against them. Vadim Shiryaev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roch Puch having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jairo Guifre in the 91st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hong Ballard prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 93 minutes Fly T.T's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Slawomir Snow who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Kajetan Madajczyk almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Fly T.T's Hong Ballard did a great save. The AS Monaco FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.