Official Cup

SMOLENSK
Spectators: 188 (Terracing: 142, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marat Shpagin took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute Jarbas Pombal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Irakliy Khokhlov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 9 played minutes Днепр ФК got a freekick which was hit by Sergey Bilyaletdinov. Днепр ФК's Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Reko-Recko 03™'s Carlos Eduardo Donatello proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Reko-Recko 03™ from getting a goal against them. Pavel Sartakov hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gal Van in the 24th minute of play forced Днепр ФК's goalkeeper Irakliy Khokhlov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute Jarbas Pombal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Irakliy Khokhlov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Днепр ФК getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Ilya Komissarov hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Jarbas Pombal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Irakliy Khokhlov was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. 33 minutes into the match, Днепр ФК's goal looked a bit too open when Giuseppe de Souza came free, but Irakliy Khokhlov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Reko-Recko 03™'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gal Van in the 34th minute. The corner led to Reko-Recko 03™'s Giuseppe de Souza getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 37th minute, Vavá Recko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Reko-Recko 03™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 40th match minute, Днепр ФК was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zinoviy Akopyan to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Днепр ФК's zone, Vavá Recko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Irakliy Khokhlov came out of the goal and Vavá Recko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 46th minute, Giuseppe de Souza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Reko-Recko 03™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After the first half Reko-Recko 03™ were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jarbas Pombal was the one to do the kick off. After 55 played minutes Reko-Recko 03™ got a freekick which was hit by Giuseppe de Souza. Zé Augusto Moura hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Irakliy Khokhlov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Federico Valverde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Irakliy Khokhlov came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Reko-Recko 03™'s Federico Valverde. But to his dismay, Federico Valverde quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Irakliy Khokhlov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jarbas Pombal in the 70th minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, Reko-Recko 03™'s goal looked a bit too open when Marat Shpagin came free, but Carlos Eduardo Donatello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jarbas Pombal in the 77th minute of play forced Днепр ФК's goalkeeper Irakliy Khokhlov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the game, Jarbas Pombal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Irakliy Khokhlov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Carlos Eduardo Donatello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marat Shpagin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Reko-Recko 03™ getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Federico Valverde hit a great ball. 87 minutes into the game, Giuseppe de Souza recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Irakliy Khokhlov. Giuseppe de Souza showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. In the 95th minute, Andrey Chizhov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jarbas Pombal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Irakliy Khokhlov having to interfere.