Official Cup

3H Arena
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Koppány Novák got the match started through his kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Hawelka Himalayan High's Koppány Novák slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jermaine Richmond. That made the score 1-0 after 4 minutes of play. 8 minutes into the match, Hawelka Himalayan High's goal looked a bit too open when Albert Paulíny came free, but Fredrik Bäckström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fredrik Bäckström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Merlin Castro in the 10th minute of the match. In the 14th match minute, Khachatryan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marquis Kenny to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Khachatryan's Jermaine Richmond got control of the ball when Koppány Novák tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fredrik Bäckström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merlin Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Jermaine Richmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristoffer Ahlén in the 19th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Khachatryan's Ervin Huber got a free kick in the 20th minute. Chad Pro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Jermaine Richmond made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Merlin Castro in the 26th minute of play forced Hawelka Himalayan High's goalkeeper Fredrik Bäckström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fredrik Bäckström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Merlin Castro in the 29th minute of the match. In the 34th minute Merlin Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fredrik Bäckström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Sung McKinley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fredrik Bäckström was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. In the 41st minute of the match Khachatryan got a corner. Hawelka Himalayan High's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Merlin Castro ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Merlin Castro almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Hawelka Himalayan High's Fredrik Bäckström did a great save. In the 44th minute, Albert Paulíny made a precise shot to the right of Fredrik Bäckström. Hawelka Himalayan High's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2.

Fredrik Bäckström made a fantastic save in the 50th minute, when Albert Paulíny sent off a good shot on target. Fredrik Bäckström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sung McKinley in the 51st minute of the match. 52 minutes into the match, Hawelka Himalayan High's goal looked a bit too open when Sung McKinley came free, but Fredrik Bäckström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zé Augusto Souza kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. A collision led to Hawelka Himalayan High getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Krister Säf hit a great ball. Fredrik Bäckström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ervin Huber in the 63rd minute of play. Merlin Castro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Fredrik Bäckström made a huge save. Marquis Kenny's late challenge caught a Hawelka Himalayan High's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marquis Kenny helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Marquis Kenny hit a great ball. Khachatryan made a substitution. Tigran Kirakosyan replaced Sung McKinley. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Marquis Kenny hit a great ball. With a little luck, Hawelka Himalayan High's Fredrik Bäckström got control of the ball when Merlin Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Hawelka Himalayan High's goal looked a bit too open when Merlin Castro came free, but Fredrik Bäckström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 73 minutes into the game, Albert Paulíny cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Fredrik Bäckström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 80 minutes into the match, Hawelka Himalayan High's goalkeeper Fredrik Bäckström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Merlin Castro. Fredrik Bäckström didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Albert Paulíny went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Fredrik Bäckström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Merlin Castro in the 86th minute. Khachatryan's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Merlin Castro in the 87th minute. It was a well-played corner which Cesar Holland managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 90 minutes into the match, Albert Paulíny dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Fredrik Bäckström, 1-5. The supporters of Khachatryan booed when Hawelka Himalayan High was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonas Gustafsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Khachatryan'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.