Official Cup

Old Trafford
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cihat Cevval got the match started through his kick off. Braulio Gartxot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ari Hakanpää, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th minute Ari Hakanpää shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Braulio Gartxot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stal Sanok were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Red Devils's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lin Ang took the corner. After having played for 13 minutes, Marcel da Rocha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Red Devils's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcel da Rocha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sune Rudberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcel da Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Red Devils's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sotos Zervoulakos in the 16th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Stal Sanok's goalkeeper Sune Rudberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcel da Rocha. If Marcel da Rocha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 21 minutes into the match, Stal Sanok's goal looked a bit too open when Marcel da Rocha came free, but Sune Rudberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Red Devils's Braulio Gartxot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dragoş Antoniu in the 22nd minute of play. In the 25th minute Red Devils were awarded a corner. Sotos Zervoulakos went to the cornerflag to take it. Sune Rudberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcel da Rocha in the 27th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, Red Devils's goal looked a bit too open when Boleslaw Dres came free, but Braulio Gartxot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute Ari Hakanpää shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Braulio Gartxot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcel da Rocha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Sune Rudberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sune Rudberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcel da Rocha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Red Devils's goal looked a bit too open when Cihat Cevval came free, but Braulio Gartxot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sune Rudberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcel da Rocha in the 41st minute. Red Devils were awarded a corner in the 42th minute after Stal Sanok's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sotos Zervoulakos took the corner. After 44 minutes, Cihat Cevval mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stal Sanok and the Red Devils players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cihat Cevval took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Braulio Gartxot. Braulio Gartxot dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marcel da Rocha made a kick off. Marcel da Rocha's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sune Rudberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Stal Sanok's Nicu Nicuşor got a free kick in the 60th minute. The supporters of Red Devils booed when Stal Sanok was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Uriel Ariando didn't get a good kick on the ball. 64 minutes into the game, Red Devils's Marcel da Rocha nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sune Rudberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Braulio Gartxot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ari Hakanpää in the 66th minute of play. Sune Rudberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tanek Szel, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Simone Spano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Sune Rudberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Red Devils's Braulio Gartxot got control of the ball when Boleslaw Dres tried to sneak it across the goal line. Red Devils's Braulio Gartxot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Red Devils from getting a goal against them. 84 minutes into the match, Red Devils's goalkeeper Braulio Gartxot had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cihat Cevval. Braulio Gartxot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Boleslaw Dres in the 85th minute. Sune Rudberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simone Spano in the 87th minute of the match. Sune Rudberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simone Spano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Red Devils's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sotos Zervoulakos in the 96th minute. In the game's 97th minute Red Devils's Sotos Zervoulakos took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Sune Rudberg and thus the score was 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Red Devils had won after a very even match.