Official Cup

Kurdiska Berget
Spectators: 7910 (Terracing: 5934, Seating: 1819, VIP seats: 157) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lars Sundström started the match with the kick off. After 6 minutes FC Kurdistan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Denis Oprescu who took care of the corner kick. In the 7th minute, Ubaldo Ritchie 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. Daniel Jienescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Sundström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute of the match FC Kurdistan got a corner. GoalHunters's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Roni Ronaldinho ran over to the corner to take the kick. Daniel Jienescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos-Alberto Bayona in the 13th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Lars Sundström kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Daniel Jienescu. That made the score 1-0 in the 16 minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lars Sundström in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Daniel Jienescu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by GoalHunters's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Roni Ronaldinho was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Kurdistan's players had a chance to rest. Daniel Jienescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars Sundström, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Lars Sundström blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Daniel Jienescu having to make a save. Daniel Jienescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Sundström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fredric Hybbert received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Daniel Jienescu came out and tried to block the shot, but Fredric Hybbert slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 25th minute. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Lars Sundström took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Daniel Jienescu to make any attempt to save it. Alaaddin Solskjær made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Jerrold in the 31st minute of play. Lars Sundström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Daniel Jienescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Sundström in the 37th minute of the match. After some careless play in the GoalHunters defense, Lars Sundström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Daniel Jienescu. The GoalHunters fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Daniel Jienescu should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, GoalHunters's Daniel Jienescu got control of the ball when Lars Sundström tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 47th minute of the match Denis Oprescu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alaaddin Solskjær showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Denis Oprescu was the one to do the kick off. FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Jerrold in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Sundström in the 53rd minute of play forced GoalHunters's goalkeeper Daniel Jienescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Oprescu in the 55th minute of play. In the 62nd minute Octav Stoicescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alaaddin Solskjær saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65thth minute of the game Lars Sundström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GoalHunters's Daniel Jienescu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Sundström in the 66th minute of play forced GoalHunters's goalkeeper Daniel Jienescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Jienescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fredric Hybbert in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Octav Stoicescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Kurdistan's Elliot Nordgren was substituted for Lars Sundström. Octav Stoicescu hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. With a little luck, FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær got control of the ball when Denis Oprescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of FC Kurdistan booed when GoalHunters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xiao Jing Fan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th minute, Xiao Jing Fan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elliot Nordgren recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 78th minute Elliot Nordgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Jienescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elliot Nordgren took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Daniel Jienescu. Daniel Jienescu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. In the 86th minute, Elliot Nordgren ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Daniel Jienescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. Mihăiţă Văduva hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Oprescu in the 91st minute of play forced FC Kurdistan's goalkeeper Alaaddin Solskjær to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Jienescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elliot Nordgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. 96 minutes into the match, GoalHunters's goal looked a bit too open when Iwan Kasiewski came free, but Daniel Jienescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FC Kurdistan fully deserved thier win.