Official Cup

Belfort Arena
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Manuel Peres took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 8th minute Isaac Andrews shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Siim Kikas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alexandrie CF were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after De Gulden Draak's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ruslan Tikhonov took the corner. The corner ended in Ruslan Tikhonov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but De Gulden Draak's Siim Kikas did a great save. In the 13th match minute, Alexandrie CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruslan Tikhonov to maneuver through the defense. Manuel Peres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matthias Brandin having to interfere. Siim Kikas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wang Guang Chuan in the 41st minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Isaac Andrews made a kick off. Siim Kikas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Conceicão, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wang Guang Chuan got free with Siim Kikas in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 56th minute, Claudius Marsching hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matthias Brandin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudius Marsching in the 58th minute of the match. In the 59th minute Claudius Marsching shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthias Brandin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, De Gulden Draak's Siim Kikas got control of the ball when Wang Guang Chuan tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudius Marsching in the 64th minute of play forced Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Matthias Brandin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, De Gulden Draak's goal looked a bit too open when Isaac Andrews came free, but Siim Kikas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erwin Backes hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Matthias Brandin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erwin Backes, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Matthias Brandin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pablo Ebner in the 82nd minute of play. A collision led to De Gulden Draak getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Anselm Neuhäuser hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Alexandrie CF's Tomás Esteves got a free kick in the 87th minute. The Alexandrie CF players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.