Official Cup

The Mount Penuel
Spectators: 615 (Terracing: 462, Seating: 141, VIP seats: 12) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jörgen Levander made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Penuel Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Fredric Hybbert came free, but Epifanio Gabrio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 6 minutes of play, FC Kurdistan's Lars Bammerman made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Epifanio Gabrio was left in no man's land by his defense there! Epifanio Gabrio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jörgen Levander, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. The corner ended in Roberto-Carlos da Silva almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Penuel Football Club's Epifanio Gabrio did a great save. Epifanio Gabrio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwan Kasiewski in the 16th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the game, FC Kurdistan's Jörgen Levander nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Epifanio Gabrio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. A nice corner shot did that Erhard Esbo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Epifanio Gabrio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 23rd minute, Jörgen Levander ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Epifanio Gabrio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 25th minute, Iwan Kasiewski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Kurdistan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. When FC Kurdistan's Lars Bammerman in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Penuel Football Club's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lars Bammerman in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Epifanio Gabrio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Lars Bammerman put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Epifanio Gabrio. In the 32ndth minute of the game Jörgen Levander who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Penuel Football Club's Epifanio Gabrio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 33rd minute, Jörgen Levander left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Kurdistan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. Epifanio Gabrio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iwan Kasiewski in the 36th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Penuel Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Iwan Kasiewski came free, but Epifanio Gabrio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 37th play minutes Jörgen Levander shot 0-7, a short shot which went by Epifanio Gabrio and just under the crossbar into goal. Alaaddin Solskjær showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Pires in the 39th minute of the match. Epifanio Gabrio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iwan Kasiewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. After a rather tough play, Penuel Football Club's Eduardo Pires got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Epifanio Gabrio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwan Kasiewski in the 45th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-7 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jorge-Luis Borges was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jörgen Levander in the 52nd minute of play forced Penuel Football Club's goalkeeper Epifanio Gabrio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes into the match, Lars Bammerman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Epifanio Gabrio. Penuel Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lars Bammerman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. FC Kurdistan's Ubaldo Ritchie was substituted for Jörgen Levander. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lars Sundström got free with Epifanio Gabrio in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alaaddin Solskjær took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Miguel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Epifanio Gabrio 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 68th minute. Epifanio Gabrio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lars Sundström's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. Penuel Football Club's Nando Pereira was substituted for Jorge-Luis Borges. Penuel Football Club's Furtado Ozaolaza was substituted for Luis Miguel. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Penuel Football Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Roberto-Carlos da Silva was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Kurdistan's players had a chance to rest. Roberto-Carlos da Silva made a great header on FC Kurdistan's corner, it was just that Penuel Football Club's Epifanio Gabrio managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 77th minute, Bartoleme Villasante hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roberto-Carlos da Silva recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Penuel Football Club getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Artur Rakowicz hit a great ball. Epifanio Gabrio was a little too slow when Fredric Hybbert got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 0-9. Lars Sundström who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 91stth minute tested the skills of Epifanio Gabrio when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 92nd minute, Lars Sundström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Kurdistan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-10.

The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC Kurdistan walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.