Official Cup

Atherstone
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eliseo Vidales got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Nelson Messias got a free kick in the 4th minute. 6 minutes into the match, Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Berker Sani came free, but Romeo Gaxan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's Romeo Gaxan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ben Carlisle in the 9th minute of play. 郭霖锋 kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Christobal in the 17th minute of play forced Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's goalkeeper Romeo Gaxan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Berker Sani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Romeo Gaxan was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. When DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Berker Sani in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's Eliseo Vidales got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 28th minute of the match DUBAI Palm Jumeirah got a corner. Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kuzey Sebat ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Kuzey Sebat almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's Romeo Gaxan did a great save. In the 30th minute, DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Berker Sani dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's defense didn't have a chance, in the 37th minute, when Berker Sani scored to the left of an out of position Romeo Gaxan, making the score, 2-0. Emil Plop might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Romeo Gaxan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emil Plop ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's Andoitz Flores got a free kick in the 44th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Berker Sani made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 50 minutes, Emil Plop managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emil Plop was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 56th minute Berker Sani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romeo Gaxan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Berker Sani in the 59th minute of play forced Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's goalkeeper Romeo Gaxan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romeo Gaxan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berker Sani in the 64th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Berker Sani came free, but Romeo Gaxan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 69 minutes DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Atarratze Salantes who took care of the corner kick. Lütfi Eryildiz kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseo Vidales in the 74th minute of play forced DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalkeeper Aguirre Verde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th match minute, DUBAI Palm Jumeirah was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nelson Messias to maneuver through the defense. When Guangzhou Dark Horse F.C's Eliseo Vidales in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalie prevented a goal. Romeo Gaxan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berker Sani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 93 played minutes DUBAI Palm Jumeirah got a freekick which was hit by Lütfi Eryildiz. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah had played much better football throughout.