Official Cup

Thrasher Park
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cai Inestrosa made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Southern Thrashers booed when D.e.s.n.a was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hadi Felek didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 3rd minute, Cai Inestrosa 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. Eliot Pfingst didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Onur Yumlu went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. D.e.s.n.a's Jérémy Doku got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eliot Pfingst showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gazanfer Özcan Periz, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute D.e.s.n.a were awarded a corner. Šako Marunović went to the cornerflag to take it. Šako Marunović made a great header on D.e.s.n.a's corner, it was just that Southern Thrashers's Eliot Pfingst managed to reach the ball for a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nurkan Salah in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ye Kang Zhan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gazanfer Özcan Periz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 28 minutes into the game, Nurkan Salah cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Ye Kang Zhan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Onur Yumlu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Eliot Pfingst having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cai Inestrosa in the 38th minute of play forced D.e.s.n.a's goalkeeper Ye Kang Zhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliot Pfingst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jérémy Doku in the 39th minute of the match. With a little luck, D.e.s.n.a's Ye Kang Zhan got control of the ball when Cai Inestrosa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jackson Millgate kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Ye Kang Zhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nurkan Salah, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Ye Kang Zhan came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Southern Thrashers's Cai Inestrosa. But to his dismay, Cai Inestrosa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Gazanfer Özcan Periz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 59 minutes into the match, D.e.s.n.a's goal looked a bit too open when Cai Inestrosa came free, but Ye Kang Zhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Jérémy Doku reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Eliot Pfingst. The goal made the score 2-2. 67 minutes into the game, Southern Thrashers's Cai Inestrosa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ye Kang Zhan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Ye Kang Zhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Battle Minne in the 75th minute of play. After some careless play in the D.e.s.n.a defense, Cai Inestrosa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ye Kang Zhan. The D.e.s.n.a fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ye Kang Zhan should have stopped the shot. 86 minutes into the match, Southern Thrashers's goalkeeper Eliot Pfingst had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jérémy Doku. 89 minutes into the match, Battle Minne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ye Kang Zhan. D.e.s.n.a's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Battle Minne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jackson Millgate in the 94th minute of play forced D.e.s.n.a's goalkeeper Ye Kang Zhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute, Onur Yumlu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 96 minutes into the match, D.e.s.n.a's goal looked a bit too open when Cai Inestrosa came free, but Ye Kang Zhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Southern Thrashers fully deserved thier win.