Official Cup

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 171 (Terracing: 129, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mario Salerno got the match started through his kick off. Gunnar Taevere took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Pârcălab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Swatar United FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Brian Blanco in the 4th minute. Gunnar Taevere made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cem Güler in the 12th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Lucas Pimentel notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Swatar United FC's Mike Axisa. Mike Axisa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Swatar United FC's Mike Axisa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucas Pimentel in the 18th minute of play. Lucas Pimentel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Mike Axisa made a huge save. After 30 minutes Swatar United FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Giotis Kourmouzis who took care of the corner kick. In the 33rd minute, Lucas Pimentel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Brian Blanco hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Andre Fava lost his temper 38 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucas Pimentel got free with Mike Axisa in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 46 played minutes Swatar United FC got a freekick which was hit by Guo Lin. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Giotis Kourmouzis in the 51st minute of play forced Swatar United FC's goalkeeper Mike Axisa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Giotis Kourmouzis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mike Axisa was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. 56 minutes into the match, Lukasz Bronder notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Swatar United FC's Mike Axisa. Mike Axisa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mike Axisa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukasz Bronder in the 58th minute of the match. Arsenal's Gunnar Taevere proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Arsenal from getting a goal against them. Gunnar Taevere made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Sebastian Pârcălab sent off a good shot on target. In the 61st minute Giotis Kourmouzis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mike Axisa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Faron in the 64th minute of play forced Swatar United FC's goalkeeper Mike Axisa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Giotis Kourmouzis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Mike Axisa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Lukasz Bronder came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Arsenal fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lukasz Bronder couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Faron in the 77th minute of play forced Swatar United FC's goalkeeper Mike Axisa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guo Lin might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gunnar Taevere. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Guo Lin ran back to his position shaking his head. Swatar United FC's Mike Axisa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giotis Kourmouzis in the 83rd minute of play. Mike Axisa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artur Faron, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mike Axisa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Faron, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 91st match minute, Arsenal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radoslaw Babicki to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Swatar United FC defense, Artur Faron kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mike Axisa. The Swatar United FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mike Axisa should have stopped the shot. There was no doubt that Arsenal were the better team. Arsenal's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.