Official Cup

Estadio Pendex
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) In the 4th minute, Pendex's David Šácha ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pavlos Konstantakakis. Pavlos Konstantakakis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Ruperto Nayely showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dinu Bocu, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After 8 minutes Pendex's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gianni Balla who took care of the corner kick. In the 9th minute, Valerian Podlich left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hamburg Fighters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. David Šácha scored 2-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pavlos Konstantakakis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianni Balla in the 14th minute of play forced Pendex's goalkeeper Ruperto Nayely to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With 15 minutes on the clock, Igor Stephen commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 14th minute of the game. One of Pendex:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Hamburg Fighters:s goal. Ruperto Nayely had in the 16thth minute some difficulties stopping Gianni Balla's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Gogo Crescencio hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Haroldo Vidal hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianluca Balla in the 21st minute of play forced Pendex's goalkeeper Ruperto Nayely to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute Gianni Balla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruperto Nayely saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruperto Nayely showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianni Balla, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. With an all-out effort, Pendex's Pavlos Konstantakakis threw himself towards the right post 29 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ryan Keuppens, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to Pendex getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Gogo Crescencio hit a great ball. Ruperto Nayely showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brandon Rick, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. After 35 minutes, Dinu Bocu made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Pendex's Ruperto Nayely tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gianluca Balla in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ruperto Nayely prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Šácha in the 42nd minute of play forced Hamburg Fighters's goalkeeper Pavlos Konstantakakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Per Schmettau charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Per Schmettau the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dinu Bocu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Gianni Balla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruperto Nayely saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 53 minutes into the match, Gianni Balla dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ruperto Nayely, 2-3. In the 59th minute, Gianluca Balla reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ruperto Nayely. The goal made the score 2-4. Ruperto Nayely stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gianni Balla's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Pendex's Ruperto Nayely played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dinu Bocu in the 69th minute of play. Pendex's Nemesio Isusko was substituted for Ryan Keuppens. In the 75th minute, Gogo Crescencio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nelson de Brito's late challenge caught a Hamburg Fighters's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nelson de Brito helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Pendex getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Nelson de Brito hit a great ball. In the 78th minute, Gianluca Balla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ruperto Nayely was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brandon Rick in the 81st minute of play forced Pendex's goalkeeper Ruperto Nayely to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gianluca Balla got free with Ruperto Nayely in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 87th minute, Nelson de Brito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ruperto Nayely showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dinu Bocu, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gianluca Balla got free with Ruperto Nayely in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gianluca Balla got free with Ruperto Nayely in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dinu Bocu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ruperto Nayely came out and tried to block the shot, but Dinu Bocu slotted it home off the left post making it 2-6 in the 94th minute. Hamburg Fighters played a much better game than Pendex and deserved their victory. The Pendex players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.