Official Cup

Thames Park
Spectators: 178 (Terracing: 134, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kristian Ottaway took the kick off in the first half of the match. Henley on Thames United's Sofoklis Prinianakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aleks Vaskov in the 10th minute of play. Hristofor Borchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carl Houghton in the 12th minute of play. Sofoklis Prinianakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleks Vaskov in the 15th minute of play. Бенковски Тетевен were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after Henley on Thames United's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Filipe Nóbrega took the corner. Бенковски Тетевен's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Filipe Nóbrega in the 17th minute. After taking down the ball on Бенковски Тетевен's corner Filipe Nóbrega fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sofoklis Prinianakis quite easily take care of the ball. Sofoklis Prinianakis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aleks Vaskov went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Бенковски Тетевен's Filipe Nóbrega got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Aleks Vaskov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Henley on Thames United's Sofoklis Prinianakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aleks Vaskov in the 29th minute of play. Sofoklis Prinianakis came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Бенковски Тетевен's Aleks Vaskov. But to his dismay, Aleks Vaskov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Devon Hook made in the 38th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Joe Wright. In the 42nd minute Aleks Vaskov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sofoklis Prinianakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Henley on Thames United getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Xanti Lastras hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 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 Aleks Vaskov to make the kick off. Xanti Lastras kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. In the 55th match minute, Henley on Thames United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xanti Lastras to maneuver through the defense. Aleks Vaskov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sofoklis Prinianakis having to make a save. Hristofor Borchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carl Houghton in the 59th minute of the match. In the 61st minute, Aleks Vaskov 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. 69 minutes into the match, Бенковски Тетевен's Aleks Vaskov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sofoklis Prinianakis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Бенковски Тетевен's Lachezar Kavaldzhiev was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Sofoklis Prinianakis in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 77th minute Aleks Vaskov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sofoklis Prinianakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Бенковски Тетевен's Ignat Nozharov was substituted for Lachezar Kavaldzhiev. In the 80th minute of the match Бенковски Тетевен got a corner. Henley on Thames United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Francisc Turcu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Бенковски Тетевен's Ignat Nozharov to fire away a dangerous shot which Sofoklis Prinianakis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Devon Hook made in the 84th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Joe Wright. Aleks Vaskov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sofoklis Prinianakis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. A throw-in in the 92nd minute of the game was made by Devon Hook with Joe Wright as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Aleks Vaskov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 97th minute Бенковски Тетевен were awarded a corner. Francisc Turcu went to the cornerflag to take it. The Henley on Thames United supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Бенковски Тетевен's performance. The match ended with a win for Бенковски Тетевен.