Official Cup

Rodney Seaman Park
Spectators: 587 (Terracing: 441, Seating: 135, VIP seats: 11) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zalán Kovács made the kick off which started today's match. Radoman Karaičić might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over András Horváth. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Radoman Karaičić ran back to his position shaking his head. Staniša Šorgić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zalán Kovács in the 7th minute of the match. Staniša Šorgić stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zalán Kovács's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. Zalán Kovács sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zalán Kovács received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Staniša Šorgić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th minute, Radoman Karaičić ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. András Horváth was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Radoman Karaičić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. András Horváth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roland Szily hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. 23 minutes into the match, Radoman Karaičić notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Szajk LC's András Horváth. András Horváth was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 26th minute Radoman Karaičić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but András Horváth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Staniša Šorgić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Csongor Csorba in the 30th minute of play. András Horváth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radoman Karaičić in the 33rd minute of the match. Draža Milentijević fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without András Horváth having to interfere. Draža Milentijević struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. András Horváth didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Thornhill City. 41 minutes into the match, Thornhill City's Radoman Karaičić sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that András Horváth narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Radoman Karaičić got free with András Horváth in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. András Horváth was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Radoman Karaičić showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-0 in the 45 minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Árpád Konkoly's late challenge caught a Thornhill City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Árpád Konkoly helped the player get up and apologised. Thornhill City's Ninoslav Mijanović was substituted for Radoman Karaičić. After 52 played minutes Szajk LC got a freekick which was hit by Árpád Konkoly. Marko Vidanović sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 63 minutes into the match, Thornhill City's Ninoslav Mijanović sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that András Horváth narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 67 minutes into the match, Thornhill City's Ninoslav Mijanović sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that András Horváth narrowly saved just below the crossbar. András Horváth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ninoslav Mijanović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Szajk LC's Dávid Benkó was substituted for Zénó Polgár. Thornhill City's Siniša Ognjanović was substituted for Dejan Jovanić. Thornhill City were awarded a corner in the 73th minute after Szajk LC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Marko Vidanović took the corner. The corner ended in Marko Vidanović almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Szajk LC's András Horváth did a great save. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Szajk LC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marko Vidanović was slow to take the kick. During this time Thornhill City's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Ninoslav Mijanović managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Szajk LC's András Horváth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ninoslav Mijanović in the 81st minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ninoslav Mijanović in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg András Horváth saved Szajk LC from getting behind. Roland Szily made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Thornhill City's Siniša Ognjanović. Szajk LC's András Horváth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ninoslav Mijanović in the 87th minute of play. Ninoslav Mijanović might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over András Horváth. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ninoslav Mijanović ran back to his position shaking his head. Ninoslav Mijanović blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without András Horváth having to make a save. After 95 played minutes Szajk LC got a freekick which was hit by Zalán Kovács.

Thornhill City's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.