Official Cup

Stade Michel Hidalgo
Spectators: 185 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Léopold Fraval made the kick off and thus started the match. Duncan Mcinnes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Léopold Fraval in the 3rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Mo Salah's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mikael Damm was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Manly FC's Duncan Mcinnes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Youri Borderie in the 8th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Youri Borderie dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Duncan Mcinnes, 1-0. Youri Borderie received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Duncan Mcinnes came out and tried to block the shot, but Youri Borderie slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 16th minute. The audience was convinced that Mo Salah's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mikael Damm was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Manly FC's Duncan Mcinnes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Manly FC from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, U.S.Normande's Rosendo Sesuldo got a free kick in the 31st minute. Nilson Snabl hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. The goalkeeper, Duncan Mcinnes, was totally fooled by U.S.Normande's Léopold Fraval, who 35 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mo Salah in the 40th minute of play forced U.S.Normande's goalkeeper Mikael Damm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mikael Damm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nilson Snabl in the 46th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The wind increased when Mo Salah made the kick off in the second half. Mikael Damm made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when John Aldridge sent off a good shot on target. 51 minutes into the game, John Aldridge recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mikael Damm. John Aldridge showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. Mikael Damm was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Mo Salah capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mo Salah really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2. Youri Borderie fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Duncan Mcinnes having to interfere. Duncan Mcinnes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Youri Borderie in the 59th minute of play. Youri Borderie made a great header on U.S.Normande's corner, it was just that Manly FC's Duncan Mcinnes managed to reach the ball for a save. Duncan Mcinnes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Youri Borderie in the 65th minute of the match. Youri Borderie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Duncan Mcinnes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Duncan Mcinnes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Youri Borderie in the 72nd minute of play. Rolf Custermans hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After 80 minutes, Rolf Custermans mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U.S.Normande and the Manly FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to U.S.Normande getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Rolf Custermans hit a great ball. Mikael Damm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mo Salah in the 81st minute of the match. Mikael Damm made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when John Aldridge sent off a good shot on target. Mo Salah could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Mikael Damm made a huge save. A collision led to Manly FC getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Andrew Robertson hit a great ball. In the 91st minute, Léopold Fraval 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. A collision led to U.S.Normande getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Aurélien Mussard hit a great ball. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. U.S.Normande were victorious despite being under pressure from Manly FC for much of the match.