Official Cup

Uspallata
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Conny Gudmundsson made the kick off which started today's match. When SPARROWS's Conny Gudmundsson in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nippur de Lagash 2's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hernan Lehen got free with Vitko Hadzhiiliev in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Conny Gudmundsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tito Chayo having to interfere. 15 minutes into the match, Lionel Haaland notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Nippur de Lagash 2's Tito Chayo. Tito Chayo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vitko Hadzhiiliev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Casimiro Cordarell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on Nippur de Lagash 2's corner Israel Oliviero fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vitko Hadzhiiliev quite easily take care of the ball. 27 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goal looked a bit too open when Israel Oliviero came free, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hernan Lehen kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Tito Chayo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 35th minute of the match, Casimiro Cordarell tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 37th minute, Lionel Haaland ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tito Chayo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 40 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's Hakan Emektar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tito Chayo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 41st minute SPARROWS were awarded a corner. Pavlin Pintev went to the cornerflag to take it. SPARROWS's Pavlin Pintev was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tito Chayo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Israel Oliviero took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Vitko Hadzhiiliev to make any attempt to save it. A throw-in in the 47th minute of the game was made by Mincho Strahinov with Omar Tadzio as target, who quickly passed the ball forward.

SPARROWS made a substitution. Rayko Tzolovski replaced Pavlin Pintev. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hernan Lehen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Casimiro Cordarell took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vitko Hadzhiiliev. Vitko Hadzhiiliev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. In the 57th minute of the match, Lionel Haaland tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Tito Chayo saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Vitko Hadzhiiliev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casimiro Cordarell in the 58th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aan 周瑜 in the 60th minute of play forced Nippur de Lagash 2's goalkeeper Tito Chayo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Israel Oliviero in the 62nd minute of play. Vitko Hadzhiiliev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casimiro Cordarell in the 65th minute of the match. Vitko Hadzhiiliev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernan Lehen, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 71st minute Nippur de Lagash 2 were awarded a corner. Israel Oliviero went to the cornerflag to take it. Reynaldo De Mitri kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. With a little luck, Nippur de Lagash 2's Tito Chayo got control of the ball when Rayko Tzolovski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nippur de Lagash 2's Tito Chayo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lionel Haaland in the 78th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goal looked a bit too open when Hernan Lehen came free, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tito Chayo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chen Yi Ran, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 87th minute SPARROWS were awarded a corner. Rayko Tzolovski went to the cornerflag to take it. SPARROWS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rayko Tzolovski in the 89th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of Nippur de Lagash 2:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SPARROWS:s goal. The score was 2-3 after a penalty in the 90th minute, where SPARROWS:s Lionel Haaland tricked Nippur de Lagash 2:s Tito Chayo with a difficult ball by the left post. In the 97th minute, SPARROWS's Chen Yi Ran dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-4. SPARROWS's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.