Official Cup

Rungrado 1st of May
Spectators: 518 (Terracing: 389, Seating: 119, VIP seats: 10) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ahmet Kutsi Hanbeyi took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Franco in the 6th minute of play forced Golden Tigers's goalkeeper Pavel Hurník to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Feijo Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmet Paşa scored 1-0 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pavel Hurník, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 14th match minute, April 25 SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 邓挺棋 to maneuver through the defense. Pavel Hurník made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ahmet Paşa in the 16th minute. In the 26th minute, April 25 SC's Tomás Franco ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pavel Hurník. Pavel Hurník yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Cordario Encina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feijo Freire in the 29th minute of the match. Pavel Hurník made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Ahmet Paşa sent off a good shot on target. Petr Balek's late challenge caught a April 25 SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Petr Balek helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of April 25 SC booed when Golden Tigers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petr Balek didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ahmet Paşa got free with Pavel Hurník in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cordario Encina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feijo Freire, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. 38 minutes into the game, Ivan Rohlíček was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Golden Tigers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave April 25 SC the free kick. In the 43rd minute Feijo Freire shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cordario Encina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Feijo Freire stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cordario Encina was a little too slow when Feijo Freire got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 51st minute. The score was now 3-1. In the 54th match minute, April 25 SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cao Jie to maneuver through the defense. Pavel Hurník showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Paşa, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. April 25 SC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Anier Rocendo in the 68th minute. A nice corner shot did that Anier Rocendo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pavel Hurník quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Golden Tigers getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Josef Vrobel hit a great ball. 81 minutes into the game, Golden Tigers's Jan Dalecký nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cordario Encina made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. José Rivera charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed José Rivera the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Ahmet Kutsi Hanbeyi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmet Kutsi Hanbeyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pavel Hurník having to interfere. After a rather tough play, April 25 SC's Tomás Franco got a free kick in the 96th minute.

The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. April 25 SC had won after a very even match.