Official Cup

UNITED
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when C.J. La Marca kicked off to start the match. A collision led to UNITED getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Örjan Igelström hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Faruk Akram ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ovando Camara was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. UNITED's Giovani Lo Celso got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 13th minute, Cristinel Dinulescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 18th minute Faruk Akram shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovando Camara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Faruk Akram ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ovando Camara was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Ovando Camara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislav Georgiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Artuur Akram made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from C.J. La Marca in the 27th minute of play. The audience was convinced that C.J. La Marca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artuur Akram was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. 29 minutes into the game, XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Faruk Akram nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ovando Camara made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Ovando Camara came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Buğrahan Yılmaz. But to his dismay, Buğrahan Yılmaz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Faruk Akram in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ovando Camara saved UNITED from getting behind. Didar Akram kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. After 39 minutes of play, XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Faruk Akram made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ovando Camara was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ovando Camara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristinel Dinulescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. 43 minutes into the match, UNITED's goal looked a bit too open when Cristinel Dinulescu came free, but Ovando Camara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ovando Camara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristinel Dinulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Stanislav Georgiev made a kick off. 53 minutes into the game, Stanislav Georgiev threw the ball into play from the sideline. UNITED's C.J. La Marca quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The crowd rose to their feet as Stanislav Georgiev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ovando Camara. That made the score 0-10 in the 55 minute of play. Stanislav Georgiev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Ovando Camara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 59th minute, Faruk Akram left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-11. Ovando Camara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faruk Akram in the 64th minute of the match. Faruk Akram's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 66thth minute, Ovando Camara skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Faruk Akram had several of the UNITED's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 68 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-12 score and a disappointed Ovando Camara as he didn't even see the shot coming. Stanislav Georgiev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ovando Camara read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. In the 79th minute, Stanislav Georgiev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-15. The crowd rose to their feet as XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Markus Alfheim slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ovando Camara. That made the score 0-16 after 81 minutes of play. In the 84th play minute Faruk Akram came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ovando Camara. 0-17. UNITED's Ovando Camara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Markus Alfheim in the 89th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Stanislav Georgiev slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ovando Camara. That made the score 0-18 after 91 minutes of play. When XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Stanislav Georgiev in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye UNITED's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, UNITED's Barto Crespo got a free kick in the 95th minute. After some careless play in the UNITED defense, Stanislav Georgiev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ovando Camara. The UNITED fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ovando Camara should have stopped the shot. XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.