Official Cup

Lions Den
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tod Freeman started the match with the kick off. After 3 played minutes Leicester Lions got a freekick which was hit by Will Lemerond. Grant Blacknell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bedrettin Özguven, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Palestine's Erhun Bilek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tod Freeman in the 12th minute of play. In the 20th minute of the match Palestine got a corner. Leicester Lions's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eser İşcan ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Sixto Luix managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Bedrettin Özguven might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Grant Blacknell. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bedrettin Özguven ran back to his position shaking his head. Grant Blacknell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bedrettin Özguven in the 23rd minute of the match. The throw-in from Will Lemerond in the 25th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Palestine's Güven Çetiner. Grant Blacknell stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bedrettin Özguven's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. Palestine's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eser İşcan in the 30th minute. The corner led Palestine's Eser İşcan to fire away a dangerous shot which Grant Blacknell despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After having played for 32 minutes, Bedrettin Özguven managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Palestine's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bedrettin Özguven was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In a very dangerous position, a player in Leicester Lions fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 34th minute. Penalty! 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by Leicester Lions's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eser İşcan was slow to take the kick. During this time Palestine's players had a chance to rest. Tony Cheeseman charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tony Cheeseman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 42 minutes into the match, Bedrettin Özguven notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Leicester Lions's Grant Blacknell. Grant Blacknell was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Palestine booed when Leicester Lions was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Will Patton didn't get a good kick on the ball. Grant Blacknell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bedrettin Özguven, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.

The wind increased when Bedrettin Özguven made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Will Patton in the 52nd minute of play forced Palestine's goalkeeper Erhun Bilek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leicester Lions's Grant Blacknell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bedrettin Özguven in the 53rd minute of play. Bedrettin Özguven took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Grant Blacknell. Grant Blacknell dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Tod Freeman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erhun Bilek having to interfere. Grant Blacknell didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bedrettin Özguven went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Palestine made a substitution. Enis Behiç Cangun replaced Bedrettin Özguven. Palestine's Karl-Åke Svanberg was substituted for Sixto Luix. A collision led to Leicester Lions getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Michal Budzyn hit a great ball. Enis Behiç Cangun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Michal Budzyn hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Erhun Bilek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Will Patton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leicester Lions made a substitution. Alexander Cheetham replaced Michal Budzyn. Alexander Cheetham made in the 77th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Palestine's Anísio Matorin. In the 82nd minute Camron Rhodes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erhun Bilek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erhun Bilek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Camron Rhodes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grant Blacknell came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Palestine's Enis Behiç Cangun. But to his dismay, Enis Behiç Cangun quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. Erhun Bilek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camron Rhodes in the 91st minute of play. Enis Behiç Cangun struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Grant Blacknell didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Palestine. The Palestine 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.