Official Cup

NEW AGE ARENA
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gong Qi Fan started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, River tu grato nombre's goal looked a bit too open when Gong Qi Fan came free, but Jayson Burnett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jayson Burnett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xiao Zhen Jian, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Jayson Burnett didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gong Qi Fan went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the River tu grato nombre defense, Gong Qi Fan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jayson Burnett. The River tu grato nombre fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jayson Burnett should have stopped the shot. Jayson Burnett didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gong Qi Fan went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Rodney Mallory made in the 19th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Santo Thomas immediately put the ball in play. 22 minutes into the game, Rodney Mallory threw the ball into play from the sideline. Börna Bulldogs's Basilio Nafarroa quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Jayson Burnett didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xiao Zhen Jian went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the River tu grato nombre defense, Xiao Zhen Jian kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jayson Burnett. The River tu grato nombre fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jayson Burnett should have stopped the shot. Gong Qi Fan scored 0-7 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jayson Burnett, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 31st minute, Gong Qi Fan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Börna Bulldogs fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. Gong Qi Fan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jayson Burnett having to make a save. A collision led to River tu grato nombre getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Tadeusz Chodzinski hit a great ball. The supporters of Börna Bulldogs booed when River tu grato nombre was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tadeusz Chodzinski didn't get a good kick on the ball. 38 minutes into the game, Gong Qi Fan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Jayson Burnett was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 46 minutes into the match, Xiao Zhen Jian had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jayson Burnett. River tu grato nombre's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xiao Zhen Jian was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-10.

The wind increased when Blaine Schaffer made the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Rodney Mallory in the 52nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Börna Bulldogs's Basilio Nafarroa. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Gong Qi Fan took a quick shot and it went in 0-11 without a chance for Jayson Burnett to make any attempt to save it. Tyrone Pepper charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tyrone Pepper the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 56th minute, Tyrone Pepper hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, Gong Qi Fan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jayson Burnett. The goal made the score 0-12. Arkhyp Polyanskyi hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Xiao Zhen Jian took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jayson Burnett. Jayson Burnett dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-13. Jayson Burnett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gong Qi Fan, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Börna Bulldogs's Matias Svahn was substituted for Xiao Zhen Jian. Rodney Mallory made in the 70th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Santo Thomas immediately put the ball in play. Jayson Burnett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gong Qi Fan in the 72nd minute of the match. Jayson Burnett made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matias Svahn in the 73rd minute. 74 minutes into the game, Matias Svahn recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jayson Burnett. Matias Svahn showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-14. Basilio Nafarroa kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. After 79 played minutes, River tu grato nombre's Tyrone Pepper shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Andreas Andersson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in River tu grato nombre reached it. After 81 minutes of play, Börna Bulldogs's Gong Qi Fan made it 0-15 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jayson Burnett was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rodney Mallory made in the 84th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Santo Thomas immediately put the ball in play. If Gong Qi Fan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gong Qi Fan in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jayson Burnett prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jayson Burnett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gong Qi Fan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jayson Burnett was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Matias Svahn capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Matias Svahn really showed his touch with that goal: 0-16. 95 minutes into the match, Matias Svahn had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jayson Burnett. River tu grato nombre's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Matias Svahn was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-17. Börna Bulldogs's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.