Official Cup

St Johns Wood
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hiram Compton made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Symba's Faouzi Bnouni ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kristofer Prater. Kristofer Prater yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Pierre Melliti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hiram Compton, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After 15 played minutes Azzurri FC got a freekick which was hit by Dusty Kimball. In the 15th minute of the match Mohamed Salah Bargawi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kristofer Prater skillfully saved the ball. After 18 played minutes Azzurri FC got a freekick which was hit by Cristoforo Colombo. Kristofer Prater made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohamed Salah Bargawi in the 19th minute of play. In the 21st minute Mohamed Salah Bargawi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristofer Prater saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Demetrius Cho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pierre Melliti having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Symba's Youssef Ben Jouili slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Kristofer Prater. That made the score 2-1 after 24 minutes of play. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Demetrius Cho sped through Symba's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pierre Melliti. Mohamed Salah Bargawi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Kristofer Prater made a huge save. Pierre Melliti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hiram Compton went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. In the 40th minute, Demetrius Cho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Heithem Kaâbi made a kick off. Faouzi Bnouni hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Azzurri FC's Cornelius Hillman got a free kick in the 60th minute. After 61 played minutes, Symba's Mohamed Salah Bargawi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Kristofer Prater came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Symba reached it. 64 minutes into the match, Heithem Kaâbi notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of Azzurri FC's Kristofer Prater. Kristofer Prater was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kristofer Prater came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Symba's Mohamed Salah Bargawi. But to his dismay, Mohamed Salah Bargawi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-3. An unexpected shot in the 75th minute by Hiram Compton got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After a rather tough play, Symba's Mohamed Salah Bargawi got a free kick in the 75th minute. The long shot by Demetrius Cho in the 76th minute really tested Pierre Melliti's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Grant Bass's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pierre Melliti read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. If Heithem Kaâbi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 88 minutes into the match, Heithem Kaâbi notched a goal, 6-3, to the right of Azzurri FC's Kristofer Prater. Kristofer Prater was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 94 minutes, Houcine Badra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Symba and the Azzurri FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 94th minute, one of Symba:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Symba. Symba's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.