Official Cup

Golden Palace
Spectators: 188 (Terracing: 142, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mario Pochekanski got the match started through his kick off. In the 13th minute, Golden Tigers's Khalel Al Motar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cedrick Francoeur. Cedrick Francoeur yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 16 minutes into the match, Mario Pochekanski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cedrick Francoeur, 2-0. In the 23rd minute Cezary Czeszyk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marian Oelke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marian Oelke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelo Jenaro in the 25th minute of the match. When Edinho Prata fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Golden Tigers's protests and gave Edinho Prata a yellow card for diving instead. 31 minutes into the match, FC Catalonia's goal looked a bit too open when Darweesh Al Matrok came free, but Cedrick Francoeur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marian Oelke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cezary Czeszyk in the 36th minute of the match. Cedrick Francoeur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Pochekanski in the 37th minute of the match. When Golden Tigers's Mario Pochekanski in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Catalonia's goalie prevented a goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Czeslaw Piczak made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Pochekanski in the 54th minute of play forced FC Catalonia's goalkeeper Cedrick Francoeur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cedrick Francoeur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Pochekanski in the 56th minute of play. Cedrick Francoeur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalel Al Motar in the 60th minute of play. After 61 played minutes Golden Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Haşmet Hicabi. Golden Tigers made a substitution. Yaqoub Bo Resley replaced Haşmet Hicabi. Haşmet Hicabi kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, FC Catalonia's Şinasi Ahioğlu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marian Oelke narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Ara Simonyan fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Golden Tigers's protests and gave Ara Simonyan a yellow card for diving instead. In the 66th minute, Ara Simonyan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marian Oelke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Czeslaw Piczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cedrick Francoeur stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Darweesh Al Matrok's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. Cedrick Francoeur showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalel Al Motar, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 81st minute, Czeslaw Piczak reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marian Oelke. The goal made the score 2-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mario Pochekanski in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cedrick Francoeur saved FC Catalonia from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Khalel Al Motar in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cedrick Francoeur saved FC Catalonia from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darweesh Al Matrok in the 90th minute of play forced FC Catalonia's goalkeeper Cedrick Francoeur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Catalonia's Cedrick Francoeur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalel Al Motar in the 91st minute of play. Cedrick Francoeur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Pochekanski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Golden Tigers's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.