Official Cup

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abner Rubinstein took the kick off in the first half of the match. Eliashiv Or kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Savage Hippo's Bengt-Arne Askstedt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yoshafat Nefrin in the 10th minute of play. After 13 minutes MEME FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eddie Bjurström who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Savage Hippo's Agatas Alkauskas getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 21 minutes into the match, MEME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kim Lekberg came free, but Azazyahu Eckstein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Savage Hippo's Kim Lekberg managed to work through MEME FC's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Kim Lekberg dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. A throw-in in the 24th minute of the game was made by Nikiforos Pliatsikas with Adir Rahiti as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kim Lekberg in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Azazyahu Eckstein saved MEME FC from getting behind. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 27th minute of the game. One of MEME FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Savage Hippo:s goal. Bengt-Arne Askstedt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abner Rubinstein in the 33rd minute of the match. Bengt-Arne Askstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abner Rubinstein, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 34 minutes into the match, MEME FC's goalkeeper Azazyahu Eckstein had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kim Lekberg. After 39 minutes of play, Savage Hippo's Kim Lekberg made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Azazyahu Eckstein was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bengt-Arne Askstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yoshafat Nefrin, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. MEME FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 44th minute, when Kim Lekberg scored to the left of an out of position Azazyahu Eckstein, making the score, 3-0. 47 minutes into the match, MEME FC's goalkeeper Azazyahu Eckstein had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kim Lekberg. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Kim Lekberg made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, MEME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kim Lekberg came free, but Azazyahu Eckstein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd minute, Vilmantas Magdišauskas made a precise shot to the right of Azazyahu Eckstein. MEME FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. A collision led to MEME FC getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Nikiforos Pliatsikas hit a great ball. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind MEME FC's goalkeeper Azazyahu Eckstein, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 63 minutes into the match, Savage Hippo's goal looked a bit too open when Yoshafat Nefrin came free, but Bengt-Arne Askstedt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th minute, Kim Lekberg made a precise shot to the right of Azazyahu Eckstein. MEME FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vilmantas Magdišauskas in the 70th minute of play forced MEME FC's goalkeeper Azazyahu Eckstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vilmantas Magdišauskas in the 73rd minute of play forced MEME FC's goalkeeper Azazyahu Eckstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the game, Savage Hippo's Kim Lekberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Azazyahu Eckstein made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Saulius Pilipavičius kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. In the 83rd minute Savage Hippo were awarded a corner. Eddie Bjurström went to the cornerflag to take it. Savage Hippo's Eddie Bjurström was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Azazyahu Eckstein in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Kim Lekberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Azazyahu Eckstein was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Savage Hippo's Bengt-Arne Askstedt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelino Bittor in the 86th minute of play. After 88 played minutes MEME FC got a freekick which was hit by Nikiforos Pliatsikas. In the 91st minute, Abner Rubinstein had to leave the field with a concussion. After 92 minutes, Agatas Alkauskas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Savage Hippo and the MEME FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. MEME FC's Elchanan Alpert was substituted for Abner Rubinstein. A collision led to Savage Hippo getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Agatas Alkauskas hit a great ball. Savage Hippo's Bengt-Arne Askstedt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Savage Hippo from getting a goal against them. After 95 minutes Savage Hippo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Yoshafat Nefrin who took care of the corner kick.