Official Cup

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 190 (Terracing: 143, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) Hoberg United's Balázs Sebes started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A throw-in in the 4th minute of the game was made by Rickard Björkman with Qi Yao Ping as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Ivan Malmgren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, Hallands Riviera's Omar Gallego got a free kick in the 10th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Hallands Riviera's zone, Cintya Palacios stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alex Svanberg came out of the goal and Cintya Palacios tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hallands Riviera's Adnan Kultigin managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Randy Bastard in the 13 minute of the game. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Hoberg United's goalkeeper Dida Martins, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Balázs Sebes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Alex Svanberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dida Martins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Malmgren in the 19th minute of the match. Maximiliano Rutenio made in the 24th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Cintya Palacios however managed to control. Hoberg United's Dida Martins played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Malmgren in the 26th minute of play. Hallands Riviera's Ivan Malmgren managed to work through Hoberg United's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Ivan Malmgren dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. The audience was convinced that Cintya Palacios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alex Svanberg was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Alex Svanberg didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Hoberg United's Cintya Palacios shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Ivan Malmgren put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dida Martins. After 38 played minutes Hallands Riviera got a freekick which was hit by Omar Gallego. Randy Bastard made in the 43rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Hallands Riviera's Adnan Kultigin. In the 44th minute, Omar Gallego hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alex Svanberg was out of position in the 46 minute of play, and Cintya Palacios capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cintya Palacios really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Hallands Riviera's George Alkvist was substituted for Kong Feng. Alex Svanberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cintya Palacios in the 55th minute of the match. Kent Browall received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Dida Martins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hoberg United's Dida Martins played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Malmgren in the 65th minute of play. 66 minutes in the game Rickard Björkman did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ivan Malmgren. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Balázs Sebes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hoberg United's supporters rose to their feet, but Balázs Sebes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alex Svanberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cintya Palacios took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alex Svanberg. Alex Svanberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Alex Svanberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cintya Palacios in the 76th minute of play. Dida Martins made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when George Alkvist sent off a good shot on target. In the 85th minute of the game Rickard Björkman made a throw-in which Qi Yao Ping played forward. 89 minutes into the match, Hallands Riviera's goal looked a bit too open when Cintya Palacios came free, but Alex Svanberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dida Martins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kent Browall in the 91st minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Balázs Sebes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alex Svanberg. Hallands Riviera's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Balázs Sebes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1.