Prized/Friendly Cup

Orange aréna
Spectators: 46 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) FC XY's Viktor Hanigovský started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Peter Adamek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jullian Van Castel in the 5th minute of play. In the 9th minute Matt Uyterhelcht shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter Adamek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Jullian Van Castel sped through FC XY's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Peter Adamek. In the 24th minute, Tibor Konkoly ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benoit Van Heurick was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Ivan Gorbaš received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Benoit Van Heurick tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benoit Van Heurick made an important save on a dangerous shot by Viktor Hanigovský in the 34th minute. When Ivan Gorbaš came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the FC XY 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 Ivan Gorbaš couldn't finish the play. In the 44th minute, Jullian Van Castel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zero Gravity fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After the first half Zero Gravity were leading 1-2. 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 Jullian Van Castel to make the kick off. If Andrez Dams had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC XY's Peter Adamek proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save FC XY from getting a goal against them. Richard Vičík kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Jullian Van Castel sped through FC XY's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Peter Adamek. Benoit Van Heurick showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viktor Hanigovský, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in Zero Gravity fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 70th minute. Penalty! The referee gave FC XY a penalty, 72 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Gabriel Bučko, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Zero Gravity's Benoit Van Heurick. 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Remie Dirckx in the 76th minute of play forced FC XY's goalkeeper Peter Adamek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th minute of the match FC XY got a corner. Zero Gravity's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gabriel Bučko ran over to the corner to take the kick. FC XY's Gabriel Bučko was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Benoit Van Heurick in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Zero Gravity getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Jules Van Linthoudt hit a great ball. In the 81st minute of the match Gabriel Bučko sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benoit Van Heurick skillfully saved the ball. In the 84th minute, Remie Dirckx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tibor Konkoly struck a weak shot in the 88th minute. Benoit Van Heurick didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC XY.