Official Cup

Golden Palace
Spectators: 197 (Terracing: 149, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gavin Sawbridge made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Gavin Sawbridge who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Golden Tigers's Marian Oelke was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Milan Krása took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darweesh Al Matrok, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute Cai Qing Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marian Oelke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Milan Krása made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mario Pochekanski in the 18th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Mario Pochekanski could shoot a difficult shot in the 21st minute, which Milan Krása however easily saved by the left post. Milan Krása was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Khalel Al Motar showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 27 minute of play. After 33 played minutes FC Kopeto got a freekick which was hit by Gavin Sawbridge. After having played for 35 minutes, Darweesh Al Matrok managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Golden Tigers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Darweesh Al Matrok was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, FC Kopeto's Cai Qing Yuan got a free kick in the 37th minute. Mario Pochekanski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Milan Krása made a huge save. Gavin Sawbridge hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Milan Krása showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darweesh Al Matrok, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by David Holiš during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darweesh Al Matrok in the 48th minute of play forced FC Kopeto's goalkeeper Milan Krása to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mario Pochekanski made a kick off. Milan Krása made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalel Al Motar in the 55th minute of play. Milan Krása showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Pochekanski in the 59th minute of the match. If Gavin Sawbridge had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. David Holiš received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Marian Oelke tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Golden Tigers booed when FC Kopeto was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cai Qing Yuan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Milan Krása made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darweesh Al Matrok in the 64th minute of play. A collision led to FC Kopeto getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Milouš Dvorský hit a great ball. Milan Krása made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darweesh Al Matrok in the 66th minute of play. If Khalel Al Motar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Milan Krása showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darweesh Al Matrok in the 72nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Pochekanski in the 82nd minute of play forced FC Kopeto's goalkeeper Milan Krása to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mario Pochekanski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marian Oelke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cai Qing Yuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After 85 played minutes FC Kopeto got a freekick which was hit by David Holiš. After having played for 88 minutes, 何文震 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Golden Tigers's supporters crossed their fingers, but 何文震 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 90th minute Cai Qing Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marian Oelke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Milan Krása took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalel Al Motar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Golden Tigers were victorious despite being under pressure from FC Kopeto for much of the match.