Official Cup

PWR UP Stadium
Spectators: 782 (Terracing: 587, Seating: 180, VIP seats: 15) BraveHearts United's Marcus Koch started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Hamburg City Vampires's Fred Mendonça got a good chance for a goal in the 2nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alf Linqvist's late challenge caught a Hamburg City Vampires's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alf Linqvist helped the player get up and apologised. Alf Linqvist kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Géza Rákosi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl Björk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A well-hit corner resulted in Géza Rákosi heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. A collision led to BraveHearts United getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Boris Alkvist hit a great ball. BraveHearts United's Karl Björk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivica Lufen in the 14th minute of play. Wilhelm Månsson hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. After 19 minutes, Henrik Kvalfält mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BraveHearts United and the Hamburg City Vampires players grew even worse after the yellow card. BraveHearts United's Karl Björk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinhard Borkmann in the 22nd minute of play. Karl Björk made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Géza Rákosi sent off a good shot on target. Wilhelm Månsson kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Reinhard Borkmann reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Karl Björk. The goal made the score 1-0. The Hamburg City Vampires fans' excitement grew in the 29th match minute when Hamburg City Vampires's Fred Mendonça 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 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Fred Mendonça might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Karl Björk. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fred Mendonça ran back to his position shaking his head. After 36 minutes of play, Hamburg City Vampires's Fred Mendonça made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karl Björk was left in no man's land by his defense there! Reinhard Borkmann was extremely unlucky when he, in the 39th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fred Mendonça got free with Karl Björk in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 44 played minutes Hamburg City Vampires got a freekick which was hit by Fred Mendonça. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fred Mendonça made a kick off. In the 51stth minute of the game Fred Mendonça who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BraveHearts United's Karl Björk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in BraveHearts United's zone, Reinhard Borkmann stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karl Björk came out of the goal and Reinhard Borkmann tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Hamburg City Vampires booed when BraveHearts United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Liam Lindell didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute, Fred Mendonça left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hamburg City Vampires fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Karl Björk didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fred Mendonça went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Reinhard Borkmann blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Karl Björk having to make a save. Fred Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 67 minutes, Wilhelm Månsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BraveHearts United and the Hamburg City Vampires players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 67th minute, Wilhelm Månsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Mendonça in the 70th minute of play forced BraveHearts United's goalkeeper Karl Björk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Hamburg City Vampires's Fred Mendonça got a free kick in the 71st minute. Eugeniusz Tyski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Boris Alkvist in the 76th minute. BraveHearts United's Karl Björk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fred Mendonça in the 79th minute of play. Géza Rákosi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl Björk having to interfere. When Hamburg City Vampires's Fred Mendonça in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BraveHearts United's goalie prevented a goal. Karl Björk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fred Mendonça's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. Karl Björk came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Hamburg City Vampires's Reinhard Borkmann. But to his dismay, Reinhard Borkmann quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. Karl Björk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fred Mendonça, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Fred Mendonça's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karl Björk was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Hamburg City Vampires fully deserved thier win.