Official Cup

Des. António Reis
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Januário Durães kicked off to start the match. Afonso Paiva charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Afonso Paiva the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Black horses booed when KINGS FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Afonso Paiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gundars Marenics in the 7th minute of play forced KINGS FC's goalkeeper Cristóvão Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8thth minute of the game Vitauts Ziemotājs who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KINGS FC's Cristóvão Freire was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Diogo Ponte kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Brencis Tanbergs. That made the score 1-0 in the 11 minute of play. Cristóvão Freire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gundars Marenics in the 16th minute of the match. Diogo Ponte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Brencis Tanbergs having to interfere. After 32 minutes of play, Black horses's Vitauts Ziemotājs made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristóvão Freire was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vitauts Ziemotājs made a kick off. Kurts Skripalss short, quick shot in the 57thth minute got Cristóvão Freire to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 58 minutes into the game, Black horses's Kurts Skripals nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cristóvão Freire made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. The supporters of KINGS FC booed when Black horses was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gundars Marenics didn't get a good kick on the ball. Black horses's Andulis Cerīgais was substituted for Kurts Skripals. In the 70th match minute, Black horses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gundars Marenics to maneuver through the defense. Cristóvão Freire was a little too slow when Vitauts Ziemotājs got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 74th minute. The score was now 2-3. KINGS FC's Cristóvão Freire proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save KINGS FC from getting a goal against them. When Andulis Cerīgais came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Black horses fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Andulis Cerīgais couldn't finish the play. Cristóvão Freire came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Black horses's Vitauts Ziemotājs. But to his dismay, Vitauts Ziemotājs quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. Black horses's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.