Official Cup

Dionisio Fernanco
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Grzegorz Piechna started the match with the kick off. In the 4thth minute of the game Hugo Bakker who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sportivo Ben Hur's Montrell Harrell was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sportivo Ben Hur's Montrell Harrell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grzegorz Piechna in the 7th minute of play. Montrell Harrell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugo Bakker in the 13th minute of play. After 15 played minutes, Sportivo Ben Hur's Teobald Korytkowski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ged Nightingale came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Sportivo Ben Hur reached it. Jorge Hagi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Ged Nightingale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Montrell Harrell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Piechna in the 25th minute of the match. Teobald Korytkowski hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Grzegorz Piechna in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Montrell Harrell saved Sportivo Ben Hur from getting behind. After 40 minutes of play, Arrows Academy FC's Grzegorz Piechna made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Montrell Harrell was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Arrows Academy FC booed when Sportivo Ben Hur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cesar Hori didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sportivo Ben Hur's Montrell Harrell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Bakker in the 44th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guy Hogg in the 47th minute of play forced Sportivo Ben Hur's goalkeeper Montrell Harrell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Sportivo Ben Hur players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Arrows Academy FC were winning 0-1.

Sportivo Ben Hur's Daniel Constancio was substituted for Teobald Korytkowski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anselmo Lluis in the 56th minute of play forced Arrows Academy FC's goalkeeper Ged Nightingale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ged Nightingale showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Délio Toledo, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Montrell Harrell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Piechna in the 64th minute of the match. Sportivo Ben Hur's Montrell Harrell proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Sportivo Ben Hur from getting a goal against them. Grzegorz Piechna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sportivo Ben Hur's Emanuel Hielscher was substituted for Délio Toledo. Grzegorz Piechna had several of the Sportivo Ben Hur's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 80 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 0-2 score and a disappointed Montrell Harrell as he didn't even see the shot coming. Wen Jie Ting could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Montrell Harrell made a huge save. Hugo Bakker succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-3 in the 86th playminute. The Arrows Academy FC fans' excitement grew in the 92nd match minute when Arrows Academy FC's Grzegorz Piechna looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene.