Official Cup

Otkrytie Arena
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cesar Colas started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Tobis Joey cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Americo Blasi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fausto Abadie lost his temper 8 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 8th minute of the game. One of F.C. Spartak Moscow:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Arsenal FC:s goal. F.C. Spartak Moscow:s Americo Blasi showed great skill when he stopped Saivis Rentovics:s penalty. Americo Blasi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saivis Rentovics, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Saivis Rentovics's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Americo Blasi was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Americo Blasi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saivis Rentovics in the 14th minute of play. A collision led to F.C. Spartak Moscow getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Tomas Gil hit a great ball. Arsenal FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aaron Ramsey in the 20th minute. The corner led Arsenal FC's Aaron Ramsey to fire away a dangerous shot which Americo Blasi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saivis Rentovics in the 22nd minute of play forced F.C. Spartak Moscow's goalkeeper Americo Blasi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 23 minutes of play, Arsenal FC's Tobis Joey made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Americo Blasi was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Saivis Rentovics had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Saivis Rentovics in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Americo Blasi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Americo Blasi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Arsenal FC's Saivis Rentovics shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 37th match minute, F.C. Spartak Moscow was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cesar Colas to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the F.C. Spartak Moscow defense, Tobis Joey kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Americo Blasi. The F.C. Spartak Moscow fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Americo Blasi should have stopped the shot. Tobis Joey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Saivis Rentovics to make the kick off. Tobis Joey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Americo Blasi having to interfere. After 56 played minutes F.C. Spartak Moscow got a freekick which was hit by Tomas Gil. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind F.C. Spartak Moscow's goalkeeper Americo Blasi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 66 minutes into the match, F.C. Spartak Moscow's goal looked a bit too open when Aaron Ramsey came free, but Americo Blasi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to F.C. Spartak Moscow getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Hipolito Inocente hit a great ball. After having played for 68 minutes, Gustavo Gregory managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C. Spartak Moscow's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gustavo Gregory was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Americo Blasi was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tobis Joey showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-8 in the 70 minute of play. Arsenal FC's Jack Wilshere was substituted for Aaron Ramsey. 75 minutes into the game, Tobis Joey cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Americo Blasi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gustavo Gregory kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. If Tobis Joey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Americo Blasi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jack Wilshere in the 85th minute of play. Arsenal FC made a substitution. 龙阳升 replaced 钱弘鹰. Tobis Joey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Americo Blasi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saivis Rentovics in the 92nd minute of play. Saivis Rentovicss short, quick shot in the 93rdth minute got Americo Blasi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Americo Blasi managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when Arsenal FC's Saivis Rentovics fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Americo Blasi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tobis Joey went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. When the final whistle sounded Arsenal FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than F.C. Spartak Moscow.