Official Cup

Mintis Arena
Spectators: 190 (Terracing: 143, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Danilevičius started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute, Kęstutis Latoža hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10th match minute, Brujas KV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Rios to maneuver through the defense. Adolfo Grau made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Tomas Danilevičius sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Adolfo Grau managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when FK Mintis Vilnius's Tomas Danilevičius fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sigitas Jakubauskas in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adolfo Grau saved Brujas KV from getting behind. Oliver Can showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fulgencio Nikola, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. When Grant Pustak came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the FK Mintis Vilnius fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Grant Pustak couldn't finish the play. Adolfo Grau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hubertas Dabkevičius in the 21st minute of play. Adolfo Grau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Danilevičius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oliver Can showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fulgencio Nikola, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute, Isreal Rivas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th minute of the match Harry Styles sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Oliver Can skillfully saved the ball. Oliver Can showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 30 minutes into the match, FK Mintis Vilnius's goal looked a bit too open when Thorvald Egfjord came free, but Oliver Can reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oliver Can showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fulgencio Nikola, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. The audience was convinced that David Rios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oliver Can was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fulgencio Nikola in the 35th minute of play forced FK Mintis Vilnius's goalkeeper Oliver Can to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Brujas KV getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Marco Chuse hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hubertas Dabkevičius in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adolfo Grau saved Brujas KV from getting behind. 40 minutes into the match, Brujas KV's goal looked a bit too open when Arūnas Pukelis came free, but Adolfo Grau reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adolfo Grau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hubertas Dabkevičius, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 46th minute, Hubertas Dabkevičius ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Adolfo Grau was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Brujas KV made a substitution. Tore-Andre Flø replaced David Rios. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zachary Pliszka stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Zachary Pliszka's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Oliver Can firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 54 minutes FK Mintis Vilnius's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Harry Styles who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Brujas KV's corner Harry Styles fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Oliver Can quite easily take care of the ball. In the 58th minute Arūnas Pukelis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adolfo Grau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adolfo Grau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Danilevičius, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Adolfo Grau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Danilevičius in the 71st minute of play. FK Mintis Vilnius's Aldas Galkus was substituted for Grant Pustak. 75 minutes had been played when some careless play by FK Mintis Vilnius's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Harry Styles was slow to take the kick. During this time Brujas KV's players had a chance to rest. Adolfo Grau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arūnas Pukelis in the 76th minute of play. With his leg Oliver Can managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Brujas KV's Zachary Pliszka fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tore-Andre Flø in the 80th minute of play forced FK Mintis Vilnius's goalkeeper Oliver Can to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kęstutis Latoža kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Harry Styles, 84 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Adolfo Grau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Danilevičius in the 86th minute of the match. Brujas KV's Adolfo Grau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Danilevičius in the 87th minute of play. Oliver Can made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tore-Andre Flø in the 88th minute of play. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by FK Mintis Vilnius's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Harry Styles was slow to take the kick. During this time Brujas KV's players had a chance to rest. Zachary Pliszka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Oliver Can made a huge save. Adolfo Grau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hubertas Dabkevičius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. FK Mintis Vilnius had won after a very even match.