Official Cup

Arena Blanka
Spectators: 526 (Terracing: 395, Seating: 121, VIP seats: 10) FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Franco Szczęsny made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Sundström in the 5th minute of play. A collision led to FC Kurdistan getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Yin Yun Fan hit a great ball. Lars Sundström took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Franco Szczęsny. Franco Szczęsny dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 17th minute, Lars Sundström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Franco Szczęsny was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 22 minutes into the game, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Luís Gustavo de Amaral nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alaaddin Solskjær made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 26thth minute of the game Lars Sundström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Franco Szczęsny was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Franco Szczęsny came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström. But to his dismay, Lars Sundström quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. FC Kurdistan's attentive Yin Yun Fan managed to snatch the ball when Ion Dulgherescu made a throw-in in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 36th minute Lars Sundström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Szczęsny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Sundström in the 38th minute of play forced BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Franco Szczęsny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yin Yun Fan was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Kurdistan's players had a chance to rest. 46 minutes into the game, Lars Sundström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Franco Szczęsny was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Kurdistan were winning 1-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jorge Ramalho stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lars Sundström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Franco Szczęsny made a huge save. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Franco Szczęsny proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- from getting a goal against them. 57 minutes into the match, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Fredric Hybbert came free, but Franco Szczęsny reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Franco Szczęsny showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredric Hybbert, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lars Sundström got free with Franco Szczęsny in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Franco Szczęsny got control of the ball when Lars Sundström tried to sneak it across the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, FC Kurdistan's goal looked a bit too open when Jorge Ramalho came free, but Alaaddin Solskjær reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lars Sundström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Franco Szczęsny having to interfere. FC Kurdistan's Iwan Kasiewski was substituted for Ubaldo Ritchie. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Emanuel Gijselinx was substituted for Pedro Cardozo. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Jörgen Levander replaced Lars Sundström. In the 74th minute, Jörgen Levander reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Franco Szczęsny. The goal made the score 1-5. Alaaddin Solskjær showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfredo de Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After taking down the ball on FC Kurdistan's corner Roberto-Carlos da Silva fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Franco Szczęsny quite easily take care of the ball. Franco Szczęsny made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fredric Hybbert in the 84th minute. 86 minutes into the game, Jörgen Levander cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Franco Szczęsny was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredo de Souza 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. 94 minutes into the match, Keno De Bruyne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alaaddin Solskjær. FC Kurdistan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Keno De Bruyne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-6.