Official Cup

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Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. René Puente started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, PoznanGalaxy's 巩翔傲 got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Romeo Passi hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. In the last second José Luis Chilavert throw himself and got hold of the ball when Peter Grommers in the 7thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The audience was convinced that René Puente's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henning Heringer was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Henning Heringer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eladio Ulloa in the 15th minute of the match. In the 21st minute 巩翔傲 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Luis Chilavert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Eladio Ulloa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling René Puente in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Henning Heringer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Ballet Azul's René Puente in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PoznanGalaxy's goalie prevented a goal. José Luis Chilavert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 巩翔傲, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 27thth minute of the game René Puente who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PoznanGalaxy's Henning Heringer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. José Luis Chilavert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Grommers in the 31st minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers René Puente in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henning Heringer saved PoznanGalaxy from getting behind. Henning Heringer stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of René Puente's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. The audience was convinced that René Puente's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henning Heringer was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. When the match clock showed 39 minutes, the score became 0-1 when René Puente sped through PoznanGalaxy's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Henning Heringer. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 巩翔傲 to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, PoznanGalaxy's goal looked a bit too open when René Puente came free, but Henning Heringer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A well done corner resulted in Waclaw Dombrowski drilling the ball in to score 0-2 behind PoznanGalaxy's goalkeeper. PoznanGalaxy's Henning Heringer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save PoznanGalaxy from getting a goal against them. In the 74th minute of the match Ballet Azul got a corner. PoznanGalaxy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pepe Rojas ran over to the corner to take the kick. Esequiel Dohrmann was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. PoznanGalaxy's Niels Gerigk was substituted for Adam Kremers. Henning Heringer stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eladio Ulloa's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. René Puente's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Henning Heringer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers René Puente in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henning Heringer saved PoznanGalaxy from getting behind. The corner led Ballet Azul's Pepe Rojas to fire away a dangerous shot which Henning Heringer despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Ballet Azul's René Puente tried to score from far away in the 87th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 91 played minutes Ballet Azul got a freekick which was hit by Eladio Ulloa. After 95 played minutes PoznanGalaxy got a freekick which was hit by Niels Gerigk. When Odín Enríquez came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Ballet Azul 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 Odín Enríquez couldn't finish the play. The PoznanGalaxy fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ballet Azul were clearly better and deserved to take the win.