Official Cup

Shymkent Arena
Spectators: 992 (Terracing: 745, Seating: 228, VIP seats: 19) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mathieu Roland got the match started through his kick off. In the 9th minute Rustam Belyanskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apollinaire Salter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Süleyman Erim got free with Apollinaire Salter in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Petr Gornikov scored 1-0 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Apollinaire Salter, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 17thth minute of the game Süleyman Erim who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fly T.T's Apollinaire Salter was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Süleyman Erim took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Apollinaire Salter to make any attempt to save it. Apollinaire Salter made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Süleyman Erim sent off a good shot on target. With an all-out effort, Shymkent Camels's Apollinaire Salter threw himself towards the right post 25 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Süleyman Erim, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Petr Gornikov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Apollinaire Salter came out and tried to block the shot, but Petr Gornikov slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 27th minute. Süleyman Erim in the 30thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Apollinaire Salter, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 33rd minute Süleyman Erim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apollinaire Salter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute, Léonard Colvin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ilya Agatov missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 40 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Apollinaire Salter right hand side. When Léonard Keys fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fly T.T's protests and gave Léonard Keys a yellow card for diving instead. Léonard Keys hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Süleyman Erim to strike the kick off in the second half. Shymkent Camels's Pavel Perepelov got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Léonard Keys was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 60 minutes had been played. Léonard Keys kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Fly T.T's Apollinaire Salter played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Perepelov in the 61st minute of play. In the 68th match minute, Fly T.T was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edwardo Baca to maneuver through the defense. Brant Shirley lost his temper 77 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 76th minute of the game. One of Fly T.T:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Shymkent Camels:s goal. Clair Williamson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 88th minute, Clair Williamson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute of the match Andrey Kostin sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Apollinaire Salter skillfully saved the ball. In the 95th minute, Marcellin Chaloux got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Shymkent Camels had played much better football throughout.