Official Cup

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Spectators: 625 (Terracing: 469, Seating: 144, VIP seats: 12) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nuralp Akbal made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute, Nuralp Akbal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pagos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 9th minute, Nuralp Akbal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Frutos Mallo was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Курск ФК's attentive Filimon Tarasov managed to snatch the ball when Pepe Sabatini made a throw-in in the 12th minute of the game. Andrey Denisov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Manuel Campens having to make a save. Manuel Campens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrey Denisov in the 14th minute of play. Курск ФК's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leonid Bubnov in the 17th minute. A nice corner shot did that Taras Baranov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Manuel Campens quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Andrey Denisov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Manuel Campens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrey Denisov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Курск ФК's Frutos Mallo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Курск ФК from getting a goal against them. Nuralp Akbal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Frutos Mallo made a huge save. Andrey Denisov scored 2-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Manuel Campens, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 27th minute, Francisco Montae reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Frutos Mallo. The goal made the score 3-1. If Andrey Denisov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Andrey Denisov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Manuel Campens read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Курск ФК's goalkeeper Frutos Mallo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nuralp Akbal. In the 42nd match minute, Pagos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maximilian Carlsson to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute, Maximilian Carlsson fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. After 49 minutes Курск ФК's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mircea Teodor who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Mircea Teodor almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Курск ФК's Frutos Mallo did a great save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andrey Denisov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The throw-in from Pepe Sabatini in the 53rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Курск ФК's Filimon Tarasov. In the 54th minute, Pepe Sabatini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 56 minutes into the match, Pagos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Andrey Denisov came free, but Manuel Campens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nuralp Akbal took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Frutos Mallo. Frutos Mallo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Pagos FC made a substitution. Uwe Birmes replaced Francisco Montae. In the 65th minute, Filimon Tarasov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Uwe Birmes in the 67th minute of play forced Курск ФК's goalkeeper Frutos Mallo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pagos FC's goalkeeper Manuel Campens, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Frutos Mallo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christos Bartzokas, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Uwe Birmes heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Курск ФК's Boris Basalaev was substituted for Andrey Denisov. Курск ФК made a substitution. Filipp Ilyin replaced Vasiliy Kulakov. In the 85th match minute, Pagos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pepe Sabatini to maneuver through the defense. If Uwe Birmes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Boris Basalaev took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Manuel Campens. Manuel Campens dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Курск ФК's goalkeeper Frutos Mallo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Pagos FC had won after a very even match.