Official Cup

大连市体育中心球场
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Carlos Cesaro got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 defense, Carlos Cesaro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gavino Raymundo. The ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gavino Raymundo should have stopped the shot. Gavino Raymundo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Carlos Cesaro's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Carlos Cesaro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gavino Raymundo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. In the 9th minute, Carlos Cesaro made a precise shot to the right of Gavino Raymundo. ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Gavino Raymundo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Cesaro in the 12th minute of play. Gavino Raymundo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Cesaro in the 18th minute of the match. Bartolo Beliran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Teofil Sobczak in the 20th minute. After 21 played minutes MARTINETA got a freekick which was hit by Marian Tuliszewski. If Teofil Sobczak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, MARTINETA's Bartolo Beliran got control of the ball when Teofil Sobczak tried to sneak it across the goal line. ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's Gavino Raymundo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafal Kaszubowski in the 26th minute of play. After having played for 27 minutes, Teofil Sobczak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's supporters crossed their fingers, but Teofil Sobczak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 36 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Cesaro came free, but Gavino Raymundo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bartolo Beliran made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Helge Bäck sent off a good shot on target. Lokman Oğuzbay kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. After 47 minutes of play, ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's Teofil Sobczak made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bartolo Beliran was left in no man's land by his defense there! ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's 鲁德响 was substituted for Lokman Oğuzbay. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Bartolo Beliran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teofil Sobczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 59 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's Carlos Cesaro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gavino Raymundo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 2-2 became the score in the 62nd minute when Teofil Sobczak elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 67 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goalkeeper Gavino Raymundo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Cesaro. 69 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's Carlos Cesaro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gavino Raymundo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 70 minutes, Lv Qiang Xiao mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MARTINETA and the ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to MARTINETA getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Lv Qiang Xiao hit a great ball. After 72 played minutes MARTINETA got a freekick which was hit by Lv Qiang Xiao. If Alexander Buonanno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute, Andrey Atamanenko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Andrey Atamanenko made in the 89th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Alexander Buonanno immediately put the ball in play. Petruț Ailincai kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. 鲁德响 missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 95 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Bartolo Beliran right hand side. In the 98th minute the ball was on its way in behind ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goalkeeper Gavino Raymundo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.