Official Cup

mossad arena
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Carl Downes got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes, Zapryan Kaludov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Institute and the The Tigers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Zapryan Kaludov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 4th minute, Rusi Zabunov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 5 minutes into the game, The Tigers's Carl Downes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yanko Milakiev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 9 minutes into the match, The Tigers's Benji Murray sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yanko Milakiev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 10 minutes into the match, Carl Downes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yanko Milakiev. The Institute's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carl Downes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Carl Downes struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Yanko Milakiev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Tigers. In the 19th minute Carl Downes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yanko Milakiev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Vitko Shalamanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 25 played minutes The Institute got a freekick which was hit by Stoyo Kostakev. Rio Blewitt struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Yanko Milakiev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Tigers. The audience was convinced that Carl Downes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yanko Milakiev was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Yanko Milakiev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mitch Furniss went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 34 minutes into the match, Mitch Furniss notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of The Institute's Yanko Milakiev. Yanko Milakiev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Yanko Milakiev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Benji Murray went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Yanko Milakiev came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by The Tigers's Carl Downes. But to his dismay, Carl Downes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. After the first half The Tigers were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stoimen Glavchev to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, The Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Subin Kamberski came free, but Tim Johnstone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stoimen Glavchev in the 57th minute of play forced The Tigers's goalkeeper Tim Johnstone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carl Downess short, quick shot in the 62ndth minute got Yanko Milakiev to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Dave Joy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Yanko Milakiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Tigers made a substitution. Tyrone Meehan replaced Owen Noble. The Institute's Yanko Milakiev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save The Institute from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes into the match, Mitch Furniss notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of The Institute's Yanko Milakiev. Yanko Milakiev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Carl Downes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Tigers made a substitution. Jonatan Fredericksen replaced Dave Joy. Yanko Milakiev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Benji Murray's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Yanko Milakiev was out of position in the 81 minute of play, and Carl Downes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Carl Downes really showed his touch with that goal: 0-9. The Institute's Yanko Milakiev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save The Institute from getting a goal against them. After 88 minutes, Carl Downes made it 0-10 with a short kick to the right side. The Institute's Yanko Milakiev tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 92 minutes into the game, The Tigers's Carl Downes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yanko Milakiev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-11. In the 95th minute, The Tigers's Carl Downes dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-12. The Tigers's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.