Official Cup

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Helge Brun took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiago Ferrão in the 3rd minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Qian Xing Wei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4thth minute of the game Paulo Leal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eleven Nation Army's Qian Xing Wei was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Qian Xing Wei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Leal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Corneliu Magheru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Qian Xing Wei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, Hiperbórea's goalkeeper Henrique Tinoco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Helge Brun. Henrique Tinoco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Åke Ekelund in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viggo Lundkvist in the 22nd minute of play forced Hiperbórea's goalkeeper Henrique Tinoco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Eleven Nation Army getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Åke Ekelund hit a great ball. Hiperbórea's Henrique Tinoco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Åke Ekelund in the 31st minute of play. Hiperbórea's Henrique Tinoco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Hiperbórea from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Eleven Nation Army's zone, Tiago Ferrão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Qian Xing Wei came out of the goal and Tiago Ferrão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Eleven Nation Army's Åke Ekelund got a free kick in the 37th minute. Qian Xing Wei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kostas Loizos, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Qian Xing Wei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Leal in the 46th minute of play. In the 48th minute Tiago Ferrão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qian Xing Wei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

With a little luck, Eleven Nation Army's Qian Xing Wei got control of the ball when Kostas Loizos tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 53 minutes Eleven Nation Army's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Santiago Couto who took care of the corner kick. Henrique Tinoco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Helge Brun in the 57th minute of play. In the 59th minute, Tiago Ferrão reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Qian Xing Wei. The goal made the score 0-2. After 66 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Åke Ekelund. Hiperbórea's Rodrigo Santiago was substituted for Paulo Leal. Tiago Ferrão scored 0-3 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Qian Xing Wei, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 73 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Eleven Nation Army! When Alexander Vedholm fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Eleven Nation Army's protests and gave Alexander Vedholm a yellow card for diving instead. In the 80th match minute, Eleven Nation Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexander Vedholm to maneuver through the defense. Wen Li Jun hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute, Hiperbórea's Rodrigo Santiago ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Qian Xing Wei. Qian Xing Wei yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Santiago in the 93rd minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Qian Xing Wei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Rodrigo Santiago put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Qian Xing Wei. Qian Xing Wei was out of position in the 98 minute of play, and Tiago Ferrão capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tiago Ferrão really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7.