U23 League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) After 3 minutes, Lucio Negrete mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Swift GTi and the Khachatryan players grew even worse after the yellow card. Lucio Negrete kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute of the match Abel Avetisyan shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Joestar showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 5 minutes into the match, Swift GTi's goal looked a bit too open when Abel Avetisyan came free, but Jonathan Joestar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Joestar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grigor Grigoryan in the 8th minute of play. In the 14thth minute of the game Lucio Negrete who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 14 minutes, Lucio Negrete made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Swift GTi's Zlatan Lewandowski in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Khachatryan's goalie prevented a goal. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Khachatryan's goalkeeper Tigran Balayan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Swift GTi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lucio Negrete in the 22nd minute. After taking down the ball on Swift GTi's corner Jurdan Pinillas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tigran Balayan quite easily take care of the ball. Jonathan Joestar made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Grigor Grigoryan sent off a good shot on target. 26 minutes into the game, Swift GTi's Beşir Sehrud nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tigran Balayan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. 30 minutes into the match, Swift GTi's goal looked a bit too open when Kurtis Wooten came free, but Jonathan Joestar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zlatan Lewandowski in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tigran Balayan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kurtis Wooten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Joestar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. Khachatryan's Abel Avetisyan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Joestar in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Swift GTi's Jonathan Joestar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Swift GTi from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kurtis Wooten got free with Jonathan Joestar in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After the first half Swift GTi were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Kurtis Wooten made the kick off in the second half. Nico Tagliafico hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Khachatryan's zone, Andy Shimko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tigran Balayan came out of the goal and Andy Shimko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Khachatryan's Kong Jun Zhi was substituted for Hugon Smolarek. Khachatryan made a substitution. Tommy Landis replaced Remigiusz Adamus. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Zlatan Lewandowski took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Tigran Balayan to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurtis Wooten in the 60th minute of play forced Swift GTi's goalkeeper Jonathan Joestar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute Abel Avetisyan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Joestar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Nico Tagliafico in the 65th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Swift GTi's Martinez Feloaga. In the 68th match minute, Khachatryan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Avetisyan to maneuver through the defense. Khachatryan made a substitution. Arno Martirosyan replaced Alex Raţiu. The supporters of Swift GTi booed when Khachatryan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abel Avetisyan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beşir Sehrud in the 69th minute of play. Zlatan Lewandowskis short, quick shot in the 71stth minute got Tigran Balayan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 72 minutes into the match, Swift GTi's goal looked a bit too open when Kurtis Wooten came free, but Jonathan Joestar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tigran Balayan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zlatan Lewandowski in the 77th minute. Swift GTi were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after Khachatryan's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lucio Negrete took the corner. After taking down the ball on Swift GTi's corner Lucio Negrete fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tigran Balayan quite easily take care of the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Swift GTi's goal looked a bit too open when Kurtis Wooten came free, but Jonathan Joestar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zlatan Lewandowski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 84thth minute, Tigran Balayan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Zlatan Lewandowski took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tigran Balayan. Tigran Balayan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. Khachatryan's defense didn't have a chance, in the 90th minute, when Zlatan Lewandowski scored to the left of an out of position Tigran Balayan, making the score, 1-5. In the 93rdth minute of the game Grigor Grigoryan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Swift GTi's Jonathan Joestar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Swift GTi defense, Arno Martirosyan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Joestar. The Swift GTi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Joestar should have stopped the shot.