Official Cup

Kekke Olympiastadion
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Diego Buonanno took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Football Club Kekke's goal looked a bit too open when Leandro Soares came free, but Mai Namer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Football Club Kekke's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Leandro Soares was slow to take the kick. During this time Fc Benefica's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Fc Benefica's Leandro Soares to fire away a dangerous shot which Mai Namer despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Football Club Kekke's Mai Namer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leandro Soares in the 12th minute of play. Leandro Soares scored 0-2 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mai Namer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 31st match minute, Fc Benefica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damien Bakker to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leandro Soares in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mai Namer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Fc Benefica's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leandro Soares in the 35th minute. After taking down the ball on Fc Benefica's corner Eduard Gryshko fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mai Namer quite easily take care of the ball. Mai Namer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damien Bakker, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 42nd minute, Damien Bakker made a precise shot to the right of Mai Namer. Football Club Kekke's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After a rather tough play, Fc Benefica's Humberto Jonge got a free kick in the 45th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Leandro Soares to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Diego Buonanno had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Taco Uebels. Fc Benefica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diego Buonanno was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Taco Uebels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ola Biörkman in the 57th minute of the match. Taco Uebels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henry Hök in the 60th minute of play. In the 64th minute Ola Biörkman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taco Uebels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Football Club Kekke's Ola Biörkman in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Fc Benefica's goalie prevented a goal. Leandro Soares might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mai Namer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leandro Soares ran back to his position shaking his head. A sloppy throw-in by Konstantinos Skaboulis in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Fc Benefica's David Wilmink. Fc Benefica's Leandro Soares got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The throw-in from Konstantinos Skaboulis in the 87th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Fc Benefica's Eduard Gryshko. In the 95th minute, Hugo Winström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fc Benefica's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.