Official Cup

Stepan Kravchenko
Spectators: 189 (Terracing: 143, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Simon Gervai kicked off to start the match. Héreg SC's Răzvan Lipoveanu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Héreg SC from getting a goal against them. 4 minutes into the match, Héreg SC's goalkeeper Răzvan Lipoveanu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Frank Mees. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Héreg SC's goalkeeper Răzvan Lipoveanu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, FC Henter Somosd's Kristóf Szőllőssy got a free kick in the 12th minute. Frank Mees hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 19th minute, FC Henter Somosd's Kristóf Szőllőssy seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Kristóf Szőllőssy the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC Henter Somosd protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Kristóf Szőllőssy had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Henter Somosd fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 19th minute. Penalty! In the 23rd minute, Tamás Antal had to leave the field with a concussion. Anthimos Balopoulos's late challenge caught a FC Henter Somosd's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anthimos Balopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. FC Henter Somosd's Ulises Ugaitz was substituted for Tamás Antal. In the 24th minute, Anthimos Balopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gábor Király made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Gervai in the 29th minute of play. The audience held their breath when Ulises Ugaitz in the 33rd minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Răzvan Lipoveanu's left hand side. Anthimos Balopoulos made in the 36th minute of the game a quick throw-in and László Honti immediately put the ball in play. In the 42nd match minute, Héreg SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maarek Grattepanche to maneuver through the defense. After 45 minutes of play Héreg SC's Anthimos Balopoulos was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arnd Schade made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maarek Grattepanche in the 52nd minute of play forced FC Henter Somosd's goalkeeper Gábor Király to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 52 played minutes FC Henter Somosd got a freekick which was hit by Gerardo McMillan. 53 minutes into the match, FC Henter Somosd's goalkeeper Gábor Király had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Simon Gervai. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maarek Grattepanche got free with Gábor Király in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 65th minute Arnd Schade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Răzvan Lipoveanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute, Arnd Schade left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Henter Somosd fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Héreg SC made a substitution. Dávid Szőllőssy replaced Károly Vándor. In the 71st minute Dávid Szőllőssy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gábor Király saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arnd Schade's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Răzvan Lipoveanu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Héreg SC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arnd Schade was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Henter Somosd's players had a chance to rest. When Ziemowit Tylinski came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the FC Henter Somosd 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 Ziemowit Tylinski couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Héreg SC's Aladár Újházi got a free kick in the 90th minute. Arnd Schade recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Despite being the better team, FC Henter Somosd failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.