Official Cup

Shame on you Europe
Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Sina Puro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Sina Puro notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Sheriff's Yahia van der Saar. Yahia van der Saar was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The attack was good, but when Clayton Gol in the 7th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Piotr Giejda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damaso Xacintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 16th minute Sheriff were awarded a corner. Damaso Xacintu went to the cornerflag to take it. Damaso Xacintu made a great header on Sheriff's corner, it was just that FC NagelBitarna's Piotr Giejda managed to reach the ball for a save. Sina Puro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Yahia van der Saar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sina Puro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21st minute Clayton Gol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Piotr Giejda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute Sina Puro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yahia van der Saar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Piotr Giejda made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Clayton Gol sent off a good shot on target. Piotr Giejda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damaso Xacintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 33 minutes in the game Dragoş Bălace did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kılıçalp Ayçetin. Dragoş Bălace made in the 37th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Kılıçalp Ayçetin. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damaso Xacintu in the 38th minute of play forced FC NagelBitarna's goalkeeper Piotr Giejda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Clayton Gol struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Piotr Giejda didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sheriff. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Clayton Gol was the one to do the kick off. Piotr Giejda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natalio Dominguez in the 53rd minute of the match. Piotr Giejda didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damaso Xacintu went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Sheriff's Savas Zaradoukas was substituted for Dragoş Bălace. Sina Puro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Yahia van der Saar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC NagelBitarna's Mattias Fagerberg was substituted for Leif Hedlund. Piotr Giejda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natalio Dominguez, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natalio Dominguez in the 66th minute of play forced FC NagelBitarna's goalkeeper Piotr Giejda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yahia van der Saar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sina Puro in the 70th minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, FC NagelBitarna's goal looked a bit too open when Damaso Xacintu came free, but Piotr Giejda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute, Clayton Gol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sheriff fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. FC NagelBitarna's Piotr Giejda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clayton Gol in the 78th minute of play. Sheriff's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Damaso Xacintu in the 79th minute. Sheriff's Sancho Denner was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Piotr Giejda in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. FC NagelBitarna's Oskar Lund managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Alejandro Rubin in the 82 minute of the game. Clayton Gol might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Piotr Giejda. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Clayton Gol ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 94 minutes, Sina Puro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC NagelBitarna's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sina Puro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 96 minutes into the match, Sheriff's goal looked a bit too open when Sina Puro came free, but Yahia van der Saar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC NagelBitarna's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.