Official Cup

Platinum Arena
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Igor Romanchenko made the kick off and thus started the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Igor Romanchenko kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kaj Pilblad. That made the score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. 5 minutes into the game, Mark Ustinov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Kaj Pilblad was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Igor Romanchenko took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Kaj Pilblad to make any attempt to save it. Kaj Pilblad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Romanchenko in the 14th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Igor Romanchenko in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kaj Pilblad prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kaj Pilblad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Romanchenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17thth minute of the game Igor Romanchenko who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Matrei FC's Kaj Pilblad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Efim Prihodko got free with Kaj Pilblad in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 24th minute of the match FK Amur got a corner. Real Matrei FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Stepan Kornilov ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ruben Borovoy was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Kaj Pilblad stood somewhat misplaced when Igor Romanchenko came free in front of goal and shot 5-0 to the left of him in the 38 minute. If Igor Romanchenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th minute, Isac Björk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Kaj Pilblad managed to avoid a goal in the 47thth minute, when FK Amur's Igor Romanchenko fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andy Lång was the one to do the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Igor Romanchenko put it in 7-0 from a short distance just to the right of Kaj Pilblad. Kaj Pilblad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Romanchenko in the 55th minute of play. Eric van der Eycken charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eric van der Eycken the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 57th minute, Eric van der Eycken hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 59 played minutes Real Matrei FC got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Larsson. The FK Amur fans' excitement grew in the 64th match minute when FK Amur's Igor Romanchenko looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 9-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 68thth minute of the game Igor Romanchenko who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Matrei FC's Kaj Pilblad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Real Matrei FC defense, Efim Prihodko kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kaj Pilblad. The Real Matrei FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kaj Pilblad should have stopped the shot. FK Amur's Gleb Portnov was substituted for Stepan Kornilov. 73 minutes into the game, FK Amur's Mark Ustinov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kaj Pilblad made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 11-0. The supporters of FK Amur booed when Real Matrei FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tobias Larsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 77thth minute of the game Igor Romanchenko who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Matrei FC's Kaj Pilblad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to FK Amur getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Yuriy Dinkov hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Real Matrei FC's zone, Mark Ustinov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kaj Pilblad came out of the goal and Mark Ustinov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Igor Romanchenko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kaj Pilblad was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Kaj Pilblad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Romanchenko in the 88th minute of the match. When Efim Prihodko came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the FK Amur 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 Efim Prihodko couldn't finish the play. Kaj Pilblad didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mark Ustinov went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 13-0 was the resulting score. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. FK Amur had played much better football throughout.