Official Cup

JLM Zunni Club
Spectators: 192 (Terracing: 145, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcus-Vinícius Berg got the match started through his kick off. A throw-in in the 3rd minute of the game was made by Denzil Howarth with Tod Freeman as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Marcus-Vinícius Berg took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Grant Blacknell. Grant Blacknell dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Grant Blacknell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus-Vinícius Berg in the 8th minute of the match. Grant Blacknell made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Marcus-Vinícius Berg sent off a good shot on target. After 15 played minutes, Leicester Lions's Sebastien Clifford shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Aki Pego came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Leicester Lions reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Şükür Hagi in the 19th minute of play forced Magen David's goalkeeper Aki Pego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus-Vinícius Berg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Grant Blacknell having to make a save. Grant Blacknell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus-Vinícius Berg, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Aki Pego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denzil Howarth in the 26th minute of play. Aki Pego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tod Freeman in the 27th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Magen David's Honi Dobrowolski got a free kick in the 36th minute. Leicester Lions's Grant Blacknell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus-Vinícius Berg in the 40th minute of play. In the 41st minute of the match Magen David got a corner. Leicester Lions's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Giora Hamburg ran over to the corner to take the kick. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Magen David's Boyde Bleazard was substituted for Xano Maaholm. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Şükür Hagi to make the kick off. In the 52nd match minute, Leicester Lions was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Şükür Hagi to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd play minute Will Patton came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Aki Pego. 2-2. After 66 minutes of play, Magen David's Jedaiah Sakhai made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Grant Blacknell was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jedaiah Sakhai in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Grant Blacknell saved Leicester Lions from getting behind. Aki Pego made an important save on a dangerous shot by Şükür Hagi in the 76th minute. Aki Pego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camron Rhodes in the 83rd minute of play. Jack Sharp made in the 88th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Magen David's Lars Näfver. In the 92nd minute, Jack Sharp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 93 minutes, Jedaiah Sakhai managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Magen David's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jedaiah Sakhai was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Magen David had won after a very even match.