Official Cup

Arena Flores Kadapul
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) 3 minutes into the game, one of Florão da América:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans a penalty, 4 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Kyösti Puumala, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Florão da América's Gwidon Juchno. 0-1. SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Taavetti Mattila proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans from getting a goal against them. Tostão Medeiros made in the 10th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Gilmar Diniz. 11 minutes into the game, Jorge Dante was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Florão da América's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans the free kick. After 11 played minutes Florão da América got a freekick which was hit by Jorge Dante. In the 12th minute, Kyösti Puumala ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gwidon Juchno was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Traian Iorda in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gwidon Juchno saved Florão da América from getting behind. Gwidon Juchno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerry Knowles in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute Traian Iorda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gwidon Juchno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 19th minute of the match SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans got a corner. Florão da América's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kyösti Puumala ran over to the corner to take the kick. The supporters of Florão da América booed when SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jerry Knowles didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Nieminen in the 21st minute of play forced Florão da América's goalkeeper Gwidon Juchno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ali Nieminen struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Gwidon Juchno didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans. Guilherme de Souza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Taavetti Mattila made a huge save. Gwidon Juchno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Traian Iorda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gwidon Juchno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Nieminen in the 37th minute of the match. Traian Iorda spun around in front of the goal 38 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Florão da América's goal. The supporters of Florão da América booed when SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jerry Knowles didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Nieminen in the 43rd minute of play forced Florão da América's goalkeeper Gwidon Juchno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Guilherme de Souza to make the kick off. Florão da América's Dragolyub Chavdarov managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Kyösti Puumala in the 50 minute of the game. A collision led to SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Eldur Heido hit a great ball. Taavetti Mattila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guilherme de Souza in the 53rd minute of the match. Taavetti Mattila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guilherme de Souza in the 55th minute of the match. Florão da América's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mohamed Mané in the 57th minute. Florão da América's Mohamed Mané was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Taavetti Mattila in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 58 minutes, Ali Nieminen made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Florão da América's Gwidon Juchno tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Gwidon Juchno made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jerry Knowles in the 61st minute. Florão da América's Mohamed Mané quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Kyösti Puumala, made in the 64th minute of the game. After 67 minutes Florão da América's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kyösti Puumala who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's corner Kyösti Puumala fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gwidon Juchno quite easily take care of the ball. In the 68th match minute, Florão da América was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilmar Diniz to maneuver through the defense. After 69 played minutes, SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Kyösti Puumala shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gwidon Juchno came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans reached it. Florão da América's Gwidon Juchno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerry Knowles in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Florão da América's goalkeeper Gwidon Juchno had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Traian Iorda. After 76 minutes Florão da América's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kyösti Puumala who took care of the corner kick. The corner led SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Eldur Heido to fire away a dangerous shot which Gwidon Juchno despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 76th minute, Eldur Heido ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gwidon Juchno was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In the 92nd minute, SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Traian Iorda dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. In the 95th minute, Jorge Dante hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kyösti Puumala, 95 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans'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.