Official Cup

Air Albania
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Sultan-Mehmet Khan 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. A collision led to ✩ Pep Team ✩ getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Franck Gamel hit a great ball. 5 minutes into the match, Sultan-Mehmet Khan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Konstantin Pančur. HIT Gorica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sultan-Mehmet Khan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After a rather tough play, HIT Gorica's CJ Desailly got a free kick in the 10th minute. Konstantin Pančur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jakov Bundev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute Jakov Bundev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstantin Pančur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, HIT Gorica's Antoni Zdrojewski got a free kick in the 19th minute. Konstantin Pančur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 26th minute of play. Konstantin Pančur made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 27th minute. After some careless play in the HIT Gorica defense, Jakov Bundev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Konstantin Pančur. The HIT Gorica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Konstantin Pančur should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Xu Wei Mo during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to ✩ Pep Team ✩ getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Xu Wei Mo hit a great ball. In the 48th minute, Sultan-Mehmet Khan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Konstantin Pančur. The goal made the score 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Duško Turnšek to make the kick off. Zlatko Goričan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Spase Kastrati made a huge save. HIT Gorica made a substitution. Istok Šabotić replaced Duško Turnšek. In the 58th minute, Gustavo Mourato hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 70 minutes into the match, HIT Gorica's goal looked a bit too open when Jakov Bundev came free, but Konstantin Pančur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute, Sultan-Mehmet Khan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Konstantin Pančur was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. ✩ Pep Team ✩ made a substitution. Ville Manneroos replaced Iurie Cobzar. HIT Gorica's Richard Koštomaj was substituted for László Tar. Konstantin Pančur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franck Gamel in the 81st minute of play. In the 82nd minute of the match ✩ Pep Team ✩ got a corner. HIT Gorica's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jakov Bundev ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 86th minute, Sultan-Mehmet Khan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ✩ Pep Team ✩ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Konstantin Pančur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 88th minute of play. Konstantin Pančur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franck Gamel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antoni Zdrojewski kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. In the 99th minute, Antoni Zdrojewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. There was no doubt that ✩ Pep Team ✩ were the better team. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.