Official Cup

MARLIN ARENA PASTEUR
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Michel Batistuta started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Juan Carlos Alvarez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gustaw Bendyk went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Roman Matai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Linus Fredriksson in the 7th minute of the match. Dionisio Panpili scored 1-1 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roman Matai, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 15th minute, Linus Fredriksson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roman Matai was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Juan Carlos Alvarez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michel Batistuta, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Roman Matai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Linus Fredriksson in the 22nd minute of the match. After 23 played minutes Marlin FC got a freekick which was hit by Fernando Ciano. Marlin FC's Juan Carlos Alvarez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zygmunt Bielejewski in the 24th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yin Yang in the 26th minute of play forced STAL ST WOLA's goalkeeper Roman Matai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roman Matai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Linus Fredriksson in the 27th minute of play. Michel Batistuta took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Juan Carlos Alvarez. Juan Carlos Alvarez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. 38 minutes into the match, STAL ST WOLA's goal looked a bit too open when Yin Yang came free, but Roman Matai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. STAL ST WOLA's Roman Matai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Linus Fredriksson in the 41st minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Marlin FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zygmunt Bielejewski came free, but Juan Carlos Alvarez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Roman Matai showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dionisio Panpili, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Marlin FC made a substitution. Reynaldo Duarte replaced Ismael Iglesias. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by STAL ST WOLA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aybek Orcun was slow to take the kick. During this time Marlin FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Aybek Orcun got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roman Matai quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a little luck, Marlin FC's Juan Carlos Alvarez got control of the ball when Michel Batistuta tried to sneak it across the goal line. Juan Carlos Alvarez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zygmunt Bielejewski in the 68th minute. A collision led to STAL ST WOLA getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Damian Hodas hit a great ball. In the 72nd minute Aybek Orcun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Matai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juan Carlos Alvarez made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Zygmunt Bielejewski sent off a good shot on target. Juan Carlos Alvarez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikolaj Lech in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Linus Fredriksson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Aybek Orcun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Roman Matai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dionisio Panpili, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juan Carlos Alvarez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michel Batistuta, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. After 94 minutes of play, Marlin FC's Dionisio Panpili made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roman Matai was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marlin FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.