Official Cup

Arena Escarlate
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Meadow Village's Evert Ahlrot started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Alex Lundkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Meadow Village's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edward Krzynowek was slow to take the kick. During this time Scarlet Speedster's players had a chance to rest. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Meadow Village's goalkeeper Alex Lundkvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alex Lundkvist was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Fausto Mendonça showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 13 minute of play. Alex Lundkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Mendonça in the 22nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evert Ahlrot in the 23rd minute of play forced Scarlet Speedster's goalkeeper Naldo Proença to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Meadow Village's goalkeeper Alex Lundkvist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fausto Mendonça. 31 minutes into the match, Fausto Mendonça had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alex Lundkvist. Meadow Village's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fausto Mendonça was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Alex Lundkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After a rather tough play, Scarlet Speedster's 龚棋岩 got a free kick in the 43rd minute. 龚棋岩 hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Naldo Proença made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jarbas Sabóia in the 46th minute of play. After 48 played minutes Meadow Village got a freekick which was hit by Frans Valrot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fausto Mendonça to make the kick off. Alex Lundkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frans Valrot in the 58th minute of play forced Scarlet Speedster's goalkeeper Naldo Proença to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Lundkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Severino in the 60th minute of the match. Alex Lundkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Severino, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Meadow Village's Alex Lundkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jens-Ove Eriksson in the 64th minute of play. Alex Lundkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Frans Valrot could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Naldo Proença made a huge save. Alex Lundkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Severino in the 69th minute of the match. Alex Lundkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Severino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner led Scarlet Speedster's Edward Krzynowek to fire away a dangerous shot which Alex Lundkvist despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Naldo Proença showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frans Valrot in the 75th minute of the match. 82 minutes into the match, Meadow Village's goal looked a bit too open when João Severino came free, but Alex Lundkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Meadow Village's Alex Lundkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raigo Vananurm in the 84th minute of play. Naldo Proença made an important save on a dangerous shot by Evert Ahlrot in the 87th minute. In the 89th match minute, Scarlet Speedster was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fausto Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. Meadow Village's Kurt Almqvist was substituted for Frans Valrot. In the 90th minute, Fausto Mendonça hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Naldo Proença took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kurt Almqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alex Lundkvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raigo Vananurm in the 94th minute of play. After 96 minutes of play, Meadow Village's Kurt Almqvist made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Naldo Proença was left in no man's land by his defense there! Scarlet Speedster's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.