Official Cup

Fort Knox
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ryszard Skonieczny made the kick off which started today's match. 8 minutes into the match, Virtual Aces's goal looked a bit too open when Gregorio Montez came free, but Frederick Van Gorp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Cornel Manciulea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gregorio Montez struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Frederick Van Gorp didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Russówek. Cornel Manciulea received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Daniel Kieca came out and tried to block the shot, but Cornel Manciulea slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 13th minute. In the 19th minute, Kajetan Nalaskowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Qian Qing's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daniel Kieca was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Frederick Van Gorp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gregorio Montez in the 22nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gregorio Montez in the 26th minute of play forced Virtual Aces's goalkeeper Frederick Van Gorp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Gregorio Montez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Frederick Van Gorp. Virtual Aces's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gregorio Montez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gregorio Montez in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Frederick Van Gorp prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Daniel Kieca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Petersson, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Daniel Kieca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Petersson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Ryszard Skonieczny put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Frederick Van Gorp. Frederick Van Gorp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gregorio Montez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 43 minutes into the match, Gregorio Montez notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Virtual Aces's Frederick Van Gorp. Frederick Van Gorp was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 46 minutes into the match, Gregorio Montez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Frederick Van Gorp. Virtual Aces's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gregorio Montez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. After the first half Russówek were leading 1-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Victor Petersson made a kick off. Gustaw Tomporowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frederick Van Gorp having to interfere. Frederick Van Gorp made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Ryszard Skonieczny sent off a good shot on target. If Gregorio Montez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 63 minutes into the match, Virtual Aces's goal looked a bit too open when Gregorio Montez came free, but Frederick Van Gorp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gregorio Montez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gregorio Montez in the 64th minute of play forced Virtual Aces's goalkeeper Frederick Van Gorp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Russówek made a substitution. Zbigniew Zabrzeski replaced Ryszard Skonieczny. Russówek made a substitution. Salvador Quezada replaced Gustaw Tomporowski. Frederick Van Gorp made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zbigniew Zabrzeski in the 71st minute. Daniel Kieca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qian Qing, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. After a rather tough play, Virtual Aces's Johan Mjällby got a free kick in the 76th minute. Frederick Van Gorp came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Russówek's Jakub Gdowski. But to his dismay, Jakub Gdowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-8. In the 81st minute Jakub Gdowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frederick Van Gorp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Frederick Van Gorp was a little too slow when Kennet Hedlund got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 83rd minute. The score was now 1-9. 89 minutes into the match, Russówek's Jakub Gdowski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Frederick Van Gorp narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Russówek's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.