Official Cup

C.D. Manuel Miranda
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nojus Bikas kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Kings getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Kristupas Šimkūnas hit a great ball. In the 14th minute of the match, Alberto Jaen tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Haşim Batüralp saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Kings's Costică Coadã quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Enrique Treviño, made in the 15th minute of the game. Radek Mervart made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nojus Bikas in the 17th minute of play. Nojus Bikas 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhuang Zhen in the 20th minute of play forced Kings's goalkeeper Haşim Batüralp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Zhuang Zhen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Haşim Batüralp was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Haşim Batüralp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Jaen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s Radek Mervart played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rocco Ball in the 33rd minute of play. Radek Mervart came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Kings's Nojus Bikas. But to his dismay, Nojus Bikas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Zhuang Zhen made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nojus Bikas in the 53rd minute of play forced GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s goalkeeper Radek Mervart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Radek Mervart made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nojus Bikas in the 55th minute. GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s Radek Mervart proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C. from getting a goal against them. Kings's Cosme Mateus managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Francesco Batista in the 65 minute of the game. Kings's attentive Cosme Mateus managed to snatch the ball when Aras Aydın made a throw-in in the 67th minute of the game. A throw-in in the 70th minute of the game was made by Aras Aydın with Francesco Batista as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Radek Mervart made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nojus Bikas in the 73rd minute. Nojus Bikas might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Radek Mervart. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nojus Bikas ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 77th minute Zhuang Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haşim Batüralp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhuang Zhen charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zhuang Zhen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C. getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Zhuang Zhen hit a great ball. Radek Mervart made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Nojus Bikas sent off a good shot on target. Nojus Bikass short, quick shot in the 84thth minute got Radek Mervart to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Nojus Bikas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C. made a substitution. Siamak Fazeli replaced Alberto Jaen. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.