Official Cup

ALICO ARENA
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jimmie Stephansson made the kick off which started today's match. 9 minutes into the match, Florida Gulf Coast's goal looked a bit too open when John Godholm came free, but Luis Nardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Florida Gulf Coast getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Eleuterio Fiz hit a great ball. A nice corner shot did that Andréas Åman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Luis Nardo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. John Godholm hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Nestor Iratxo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukáš Katačić in the 20th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Lukáš Katačić's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nestor Iratxo was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. In the 29th minute Yuri Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Nardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Florida Gulf Coast getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Eleuterio Fiz hit a great ball. Lukáš Katačić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nestor Iratxo having to interfere. 36 minutes into the match, Florida Gulf Coast's goal looked a bit too open when Jimmie Stephansson came free, but Luis Nardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by John Godholm in the 38th minute of play forced Florida Gulf Coast's goalkeeper Luis Nardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Lukáš Katačić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Florida Gulf Coast's John James got a free kick in the 45th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Lukáš Katačić managed to get in a good position for a shot. Florida Gulf Coast's supporters rose to their feet, but Lukáš Katačić was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nestor Iratxo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lukáš Katačić to strike the kick off in the second half. Nestor Iratxo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukáš Katačić in the 55th minute of the match. Nestor Iratxo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lukáš Katačić in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by John Godholm in the 59th minute of play forced Florida Gulf Coast's goalkeeper Luis Nardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vladislav Febov's late challenge caught a Puskas United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vladislav Febov helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Florida Gulf Coast's Vladislav Febov got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Despite close surveillance by the defense, Ivan Björnsson managed to send off a shot that put the ball into the goal to the left of a disappointed goalkeeper. 0-1 in the 64th minute. After a rather tough play, Puskas United's Jimmie Stephansson got a free kick in the 67th minute. Jimmie Stephansson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Luis Nardo made a huge save. Nestor Iratxo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lukáš Katačić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lukáš Katačić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luis Nardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John Godholm, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After 89 minutes of play, Florida Gulf Coast's Lukáš Katačić made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nestor Iratxo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Puskas United's Jan-Olof Dalgren was substituted for Oliver Gallberg.