Official Cup

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Spectators: 7367 (Terracing: 5527, Seating: 1693, VIP seats: 147) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 巩翔傲 got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute Marquis Kenny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henning Heringer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henning Heringer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merlin Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. PoznanGalaxy's 巩翔傲 got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Khachatryan's Zé Augusto Souza got a free kick in the 16th minute. The long shot by Peter Grommers in the 17th minute really tested Jermaine Richmond's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 19thth minute of the game Merlin Castro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PoznanGalaxy's Henning Heringer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Henning Heringer didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Khachatryan's Merlin Castro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 24 minutes into the match, PoznanGalaxy's goal looked a bit too open when Tigran Kirakosyan came free, but Henning Heringer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by PoznanGalaxy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marquis Kenny was slow to take the kick. During this time Khachatryan's players had a chance to rest. Henning Heringer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tigran Kirakosyan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the match, Marquis Kenny had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henning Heringer. PoznanGalaxy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marquis Kenny was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

53 minutes had been played when some careless play by PoznanGalaxy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marquis Kenny was slow to take the kick. During this time Khachatryan's players had a chance to rest. 57 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's Tigran Kirakosyan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Henning Heringer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 62 minutes PoznanGalaxy's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marquis Kenny who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Marquis Kenny almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but PoznanGalaxy's Henning Heringer did a great save. Merlin Castros short, quick shot in the 62ndth minute got Henning Heringer to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 65 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when 巩翔傲 came free, but Jermaine Richmond reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jermaine Richmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 巩翔傲 in the 77th minute of the match. In the 77th minute, 巩翔傲 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PoznanGalaxy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. PoznanGalaxy's Niels Gerigk was substituted for Adam Kremers. Jermaine Richmond took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Grommers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jermaine Richmond took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Grommers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when 巩翔傲 came free, but Jermaine Richmond reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Khachatryan's Ervin Huber got a free kick in the 87th minute. In the 89th minute Sung McKinley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henning Heringer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Tigran Kirakosyan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jermaine Richmond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 巩翔傲 in the 94th minute of play. Petros Oganesyan's late challenge caught a PoznanGalaxy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Petros Oganesyan helped the player get up and apologised.