Prized/Friendly Cup

Au City
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Martial Mugnier started the match with the kick off. Martial Mugnier's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 8thth minute, Anatoliy Isakov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Martial Mugnier in the 10thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Anatoliy Isakov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a rather tough play, Малая Охта's Konstantin Osyanin got a free kick in the 11th minute. After some careless play in the Elegance Dijon defense, Artem Samoilov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gameiro Loth. The Elegance Dijon fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gameiro Loth should have stopped the shot. Anatoliy Isakov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Martial Mugnier's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. Joey Soler charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Joey Soler the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 29th minute, Hakim Serra left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Elegance Dijon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The supporters of Малая Охта booed when Elegance Dijon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joey Soler didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gameiro Loth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artem Samoilov in the 35th minute of the match. When Adrien Herbaux fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Elegance Dijon's protests and gave Adrien Herbaux a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Elegance Dijon getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Adrien Herbaux hit a great ball. Gameiro Loth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artem Samoilov in the 37th minute of the match. A well-hit corner resulted in Marat Berezovets heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The supporters of Elegance Dijon booed when Малая Охта was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marat Berezovets didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gameiro Loth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artem Samoilov in the 42nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Elegance Dijon's Adrien Herbaux got a free kick in the 47th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

After 54 played minutes Elegance Dijon got a freekick which was hit by Hakim Serra. Artem Samoilov's late challenge caught a Elegance Dijon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Artem Samoilov helped the player get up and apologised. After 56 played minutes Малая Охта got a freekick which was hit by Artem Samoilov. In the 64th minute Zinoviy Balhin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gameiro Loth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gameiro Loth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zinoviy Balhin in the 66th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Artem Samoilov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gameiro Loth, 1-2. When Marc Druon fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Elegance Dijon's protests and gave Marc Druon a yellow card for diving instead. After having played for 95 minutes, Hakim Serra managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elegance Dijon's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hakim Serra was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Малая Охта walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.