Official Cup

Zhelezna
Spectators: 570 (Terracing: 428, Seating: 131, VIP seats: 11) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Peter Crouch got the match started through his kick off. Niko Kranjčar kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Gilberto Garaile came free with the goalkeeper in the 6th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Qin Fan Sheng could save by the left post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gilberto Garaile in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Qin Fan Sheng prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 26th match minute, FC Zhelezna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radko Tetikov to maneuver through the defense. In the 27th minute of the match Pavel Nedvěd sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Milyo Gelovski skillfully saved the ball. Sven-Erik Wallander fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qin Fan Sheng having to interfere. Gilberto Garaile could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Qin Fan Sheng made a huge save. Milyo Gelovski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Peter Crouch went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Milan Kalendzhiev made in the 40th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Gilberto Garaile. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Crouch in the 42nd minute of play forced FC Zhelezna's goalkeeper Milyo Gelovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Niko Kranjčar during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of ZORZAL01 booed when FC Zhelezna was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Niko Kranjčar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Milyo Gelovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horacio Librado in the 48th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gilberto Garaile to strike the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the ZORZAL01 defense, Gilberto Garaile kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Qin Fan Sheng. The ZORZAL01 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Qin Fan Sheng should have stopped the shot. In the 70th minute Gilberto Garaile shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qin Fan Sheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute Gilberto Garaile shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qin Fan Sheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Zhelezna's goalie prevented a goal. Peter Crouch received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Milyo Gelovski came out and tried to block the shot, but Peter Crouch slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 77th minute. Milyo Gelovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Crouch in the 81st minute of the match. Milyo Gelovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Crouch in the 83rd minute of the match. Neville Garner hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Qin Fan Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilberto Garaile in the 88th minute of the match. The throw-in from Afiq Boon in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ZORZAL01's Cornelio Bastia. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Crouch in the 91st minute of play forced FC Zhelezna's goalkeeper Milyo Gelovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qin Fan Sheng didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gilberto Garaile went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Neither FC Zhelezna or ZORZAL01 succeeded in finding a winner during the second half. That meant the players faced another 30 minutes of extra-time.

Radko Tetikov's late challenge caught a ZORZAL01's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Radko Tetikov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 103rd match minute, FC Zhelezna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radko Tetikov to maneuver through the defense. In the 105th minute, Peter Crouch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Milyo Gelovski was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. The ZORZAL01 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ZORZAL01 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.