Official Cup

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Spectators: 194 (Terracing: 146, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Faizal Mathews got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes in the game Xie Ying Cheng did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Fábio Gouveia. Sait Gündeş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fábio Silva in the 4th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in StrikerS™'s zone, Faizal Mathews stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rosendo Oinatz came out of the goal and Faizal Mathews tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sait Gündeş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rogério Vidal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 12 minutes of play, StrikerS™'s Fábio Silva made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sait Gündeş was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ryan Politiek hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Ryan Politiek got a free kick in the 16th minute. Sait Gündeş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rogério Vidal, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Sait Gündeş didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rogério Vidal went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Sait Gündeş played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastião Almeida in the 24th minute of play. Faizal Mathews sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rosendo Oinatz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faizal Mathews in the 26th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Rogério Vidal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The StrikerS™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 36th match minute, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mark Hock to maneuver through the defense. Sait Gündeş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rogério Vidal in the 37th minute of the match. A collision led to StrikerS™ getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Xie Ying Cheng hit a great ball. Sait Gündeş stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedro Haaland's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. Gabriel Chai kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rogério Vidal to strike the kick off in the second half. After 55 played minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by Hafriz Hian. Pedro Haaland struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Sait Gündeş didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for StrikerS™. Faizal Mathews might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rosendo Oinatz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Faizal Mathews ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faizal Mathews in the 57th minute of play forced StrikerS™'s goalkeeper Rosendo Oinatz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sait Gündeş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sait Gündeş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rogério Vidal in the 64th minute of play. Sait Gündeş stood somewhat misplaced when Rogério Vidal came free in front of goal and shot 0-4 to the left of him in the 68 minute. In the 73rd minute of the match StrikerS™ got a corner. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rogério Vidal ran over to the corner to take the kick. Pedro Haaland made a great header on StrikerS™'s corner, it was just that 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Sait Gündeş managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pedro Haaland got free with Sait Gündeş in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogério Vidal in the 78th minute of play forced 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalkeeper Sait Gündeş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th match minute, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ryan Politiek to maneuver through the defense. When Gabriel Chai fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's protests and gave Gabriel Chai a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of StrikerS™ booed when 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Chai didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Sait Gündeş managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when StrikerS™'s Avery Novak fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 85 minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rogério Vidal who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Pedro Haaland got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Sait Gündeş quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by StrikerS™'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dariusz Wielopolski was slow to take the kick. During this time 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's players had a chance to rest. The corner led 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Dariusz Wielopolski to fire away a dangerous shot which Rosendo Oinatz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 90th minute, Ong Sum hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Fábio Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. StrikerS™ played a much better game than 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 and deserved their victory. The 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.