Official Cup

mossad arena
Spectators: 482 (Terracing: 362, Seating: 111, VIP seats: 9) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Carlo Richter made the kick off which started today's match. Stoyo Kostakev hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Valcho Kasavetov hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. 14 minutes into the match, Schurke F.C's goalkeeper Marcus Keller had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stoimen Glavchev. Stoimen Glavchev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Keller having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Stoimen Glavchev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Keller was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Carlo Richter sped through The Institute's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vitko Shalamanov. Rusi Zabunov's late challenge caught a Schurke F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rusi Zabunov helped the player get up and apologised.

When Gerd Kathan fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Schurke F.C's protests and gave Gerd Kathan a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Schurke F.C's Gerd Kathan got a free kick in the 51st minute. Marcus Keller showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stoimen Glavchev in the 52nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stoimen Glavchev in the 57th minute of play forced Schurke F.C's goalkeeper Marcus Keller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Schurke F.C's zone, Stoimen Glavchev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcus Keller came out of the goal and Stoimen Glavchev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Valcho Kasavetov hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stoimen Glavchev in the 63rd minute of play forced Schurke F.C's goalkeeper Marcus Keller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Stoimen Glavchev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Keller was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. After 65 minutes, Stoimen Glavchev made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Schurke F.C's Marcus Keller tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcus Keller showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stoimen Glavchev in the 72nd minute of the match. After 73 minutes of play Schurke F.C's Gerd Kathan was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to Schurke F.C getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Gerd Kathan hit a great ball. Karamfil Bodurov hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. 79 minutes into the match, The Institute's goalkeeper Vitko Shalamanov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antoni Brändle. Subin Kamberski struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Marcus Keller didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Institute. The supporters of The Institute booed when Schurke F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jürgen Spalt didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 86th minute, Stoimen Glavchev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.

The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Schurke F.C walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.