Official Cup

Forge Field
Spectators: 456 (Terracing: 342, Seating: 105, VIP seats: 9) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Önder Aksakal kicked off to start the match. Önder Aksakal's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, Paulo Renato Dionísio skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Önder Aksakal hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Birmingham Railers FC's Betinho de Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mugur Bejenaru in the 11th minute of play. Betinho de Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mugur Bejenaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Birmingham Railers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Egil Åhman came free, but Betinho de Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Wen Yin Zhen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paulo Renato Dionísio came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Birmingham Railers FC's Önder Aksakal. But to his dismay, Önder Aksakal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. A hard shot 35 in the game by Önder Aksakal from a close distance when the talented Paulo Renato Dionísio managed to make a qualified save. Ekedalen SK's players were relieved. Betinho de Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anders Christiansen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anders Christiansen in the 39th minute of play forced Birmingham Railers FC's goalkeeper Betinho de Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute Birmingham Railers FC were awarded a corner. Ugo Fantozzi went to the cornerflag to take it. With his leg Paulo Renato Dionísio managed to avoid a goal in the 48thth minute, when Birmingham Railers FC's Önder Aksakal fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mugur Bejenaru made a kick off. Ekedalen SK's Paulo Renato Dionísio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Önder Aksakal in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Önder Aksakal in the 56th minute of play forced Ekedalen SK's goalkeeper Paulo Renato Dionísio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paulo Renato Dionísio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Önder Aksakal, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Paulo Renato Dionísio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Önder Aksakal in the 67th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Ekedalen SK's zone, Wen Yin Zhen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paulo Renato Dionísio came out of the goal and Wen Yin Zhen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tommy Wester charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tommy Wester the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After some careless play in the Ekedalen SK defense, Ugo Fantozzi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paulo Renato Dionísio. The Ekedalen SK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paulo Renato Dionísio should have stopped the shot. In the 75th match minute, Birmingham Railers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luizão Alagoano to maneuver through the defense. In the 77th minute Önder Aksakal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Renato Dionísio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luizão Alagoano in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Paulo Renato Dionísio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 80th minute, Anders Christiansen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Birmingham Railers FC made a substitution. Álvaro de Brito replaced Ugo Fantozzi. In the 83rd match minute, Ekedalen SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Nyström to maneuver through the defense. Olaf Kingisepp blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Paulo Renato Dionísio having to make a save. Paulo Renato Dionísio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luizão Alagoano went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score.