Prized/Friendly Cup

Old Heaven
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lorenzo Manex started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Marco Galsino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Abuba Akotonon FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 8 minutes into the match, Abuba Akotonon FC's Lorenzo Manex sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Oleg Artynov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 10th minute, Daniel Cristofol ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Oleg Artynov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After a rather tough play, Abuba Akotonon FC's Maximiliano Peruanton got a free kick in the 13th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Artem Nizhinskiy during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Abuba Akotonon FC booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artem Nizhinskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Benicio Txeru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timur Markov in the 20th minute of play. If Irakliy Dorenskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haroldo Suarez in the 25th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Oleg Artynov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oleg Artynov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guido Pinto in the 28th minute of play. Oleg Artynov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guido Pinto went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The supporters of Abuba Akotonon FC booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timur Markov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute Abuba Akotonon FC were awarded a corner. Haroldo Suarez went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Haroldo Suarez got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Oleg Artynov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aldo Laurin in the 38th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Oleg Artynov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Oleg Artynov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haroldo Suarez in the 39th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Timur Markov was the one to do the kick off. In the 56th minute, Timur Markov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Феникс Санкт-Петербург fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. After 61 played minutes Феникс Санкт-Петербург got a freekick which was hit by Juan Izquierdo. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Haroldo Suarez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Abuba Akotonon FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Haroldo Suarez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oleg Artynov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Oleg Artynov didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Abuba Akotonon FC's Marco Galsino shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. 69 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Oleg Artynov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Haroldo Suarez. Oleg Artynov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorenzo Manex in the 70th minute of the match. With a little luck, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Oleg Artynov got control of the ball when Guido Pinto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Benicio Txeru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gennadiy Eppel in the 76th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Cristofol got free with Oleg Artynov in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 79 minutes of play, Abuba Akotonon FC's Marco Galsino made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oleg Artynov was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 83 minutes, Haroldo Suarez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Abuba Akotonon FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Haroldo Suarez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Oleg Artynov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Lorenzo Manex showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-6 in the 84 minute of play. Gennadiy Eppel hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute of the match, Lorenzo Manex tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Oleg Artynov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Abuba Akotonon FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.