Official Cup

Fools Garden
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) 2 minutes into the match, Maigonis Vaktnieks sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Stepan Babich threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Maigonis Vaktnieks this time. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonio Lluis got free with Stepan Babich in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Toms Felss showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jannes Van Gijsel in the 5th minute of the match. WWW LENINGRAD's Stepan Babich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save WWW LENINGRAD from getting a goal against them. GAUJA were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after WWW LENINGRAD's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Margots Kornieks took the corner. Stepan Babich made an important save on a dangerous shot by German Silvanito in the 12th minute. Jannes Van Gijsel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. German Silvanito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. WWW LENINGRAD's Stepan Babich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save WWW LENINGRAD from getting a goal against them. A collision led to GAUJA getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Maigonis Vaktnieks hit a great ball. With his leg Stepan Babich managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when GAUJA's Antonio Lluis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 27th minute, Margots Kornieks hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of GAUJA booed when WWW LENINGRAD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Semen Berezutskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind WWW LENINGRAD's goalkeeper Stepan Babich, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. GAUJA's German Silvanito was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 32nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After a rather tough play, GAUJA's Toms Skirmanis got a free kick in the 39th minute. Stepan Babich made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when German Silvanito sent off a good shot on target. In the 43rd match minute, WWW LENINGRAD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Semen Berezutskiy to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Margots Kornieks managed to get in a good position for a shot. GAUJA's supporters rose to their feet, but Margots Kornieks was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stepan Babich breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Antonio Lluis made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to WWW LENINGRAD getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Igor Ivanov hit a great ball. After 55 minutes WWW LENINGRAD's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Margots Kornieks who took care of the corner kick. Jannes Van Gijsel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Toms Felss having to interfere. A collision led to GAUJA getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Margots Kornieks hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice moves Andrey Bubnov could shoot a difficult shot in the 61st minute, which Toms Felss however easily saved by the left post. If Antonio Lluis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 64 minutes into the game, Qiao Mo Xi threw the ball into play from the sideline. WWW LENINGRAD's Saveliy Aguzarov quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Andrey Bubnovs short, quick shot in the 67thth minute got Toms Felss to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Toms Felss made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jannes Van Gijsel in the 68th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, GAUJA's goal looked a bit too open when Jannes Van Gijsel came free, but Toms Felss reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jannes Van Gijsel blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Toms Felss having to make a save. Jannes Van Gijsel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Toms Felss made a huge save. Stepan Babich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from German Silvanito, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. If German Silvanito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. German Silvanito's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stepan Babich read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. Stepan Babich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Lluis in the 84th minute of play. In the 87th match minute, WWW LENINGRAD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jannes Van Gijsel to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling German Silvanito in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stepan Babich prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Qiao Mo Xi kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. GAUJA were victorious despite being under pressure from WWW LENINGRAD for much of the match.