Official Cup

Stade An Ráth Mór
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Sofyane Valognes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manel Fonelleda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Dawid Beninda advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-1 in the 4th minute. After having played for 9 minutes, Flavian Garcon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rathmore Lime Tree's supporters crossed their fingers, but Flavian Garcon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 11 minutes into the match, Rathmore Lime Tree's goal looked a bit too open when Manel Fonelleda came free, but Sofyane Valognes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sofyane Valognes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manel Fonelleda in the 15th minute of play. Sofyane Valognes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dawid Beninda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 17 minutes into the match, Rathmore Lime Tree's goal looked a bit too open when Dawid Beninda came free, but Sofyane Valognes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Flavian Garcon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgilio Mateus was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Dawid Beninda succeeded in the game's 26th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. Sofyane Valognes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Riivo Arro in the 31st minute of the match. Rathmore Lime Tree's Sofyane Valognes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Müürsepp in the 32nd minute of play. Sofyane Valognes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dawid Beninda's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Sofyane Valognes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dawid Beninda went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 42nd minute, Dawid Beninda made a precise shot to the right of Sofyane Valognes. Rathmore Lime Tree's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. After having played for 45 minutes, Hervé Annette managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rathmore Lime Tree's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hervé Annette was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dawid Beninda to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Dawid Beninda lined in a short shot 0-6 behind a frustrated Sofyane Valognes. After 60 minutes, Bakary Guinaudeau mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rathmore Lime Tree and the JK Kurevere players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Rathmore Lime Tree getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Bakary Guinaudeau hit a great ball. Sofyane Valognes made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Robert Müürsepp sent off a good shot on target. 67 minutes into the game, JK Kurevere's Manel Fonelleda nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sofyane Valognes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. Hervé Annette charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hervé Annette the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. During the 76th minute of the match Bakary Guinaudeau completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Bakary Guinaudeau a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 77th minute, Bakary Guinaudeau hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78th minute of the match Riivo Arro sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sofyane Valognes skillfully saved the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Einar Reisalu got free with Sofyane Valognes in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rathmore Lime Tree's Sofyane Valognes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Rathmore Lime Tree from getting a goal against them. Mairo Koppelmann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sofyane Valognes having to interfere. If Adil Magaud had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mairo Koppelmann's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Sofyane Valognes firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 91 minutes of play Rathmore Lime Tree's Hervé Annette was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Hervé Annette hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. 94 minutes into the game, Einar Reisalu lined in a short shot 0-8 behind a frustrated Sofyane Valognes. Riivo Arro made a great header on JK Kurevere's corner, it was just that Rathmore Lime Tree's Sofyane Valognes managed to reach the ball for a save. JK Kurevere'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.