Official Cup

Camp de Mestalla
Spectators: 196 (Terracing: 148, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Saúl Gentiletti started the match with the kick off. Jerry Lodge made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saúl Gentiletti in the 6th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Edgaras Žiemelis during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. FC Žalia Giria:s Vilmantas Matulas showed great skill when he stopped Joe Herring:s penalty. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Žalia Giria's goalkeeper Vilmantas Matulas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, FC Žalia Giria's Vytautas Petkus got a free kick in the 20th minute. In the 25th minute, Ryan Plumber hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Avram Lupoaia took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 26th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jerry Lodge. Valencia C.F.'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 27thth minute of the game Joe Herring who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Žalia Giria's Vilmantas Matulas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vilmantas Matulas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joe Herring in the 34th minute of the match. FC Žalia Giria's Jack Grealish was substituted for Vytautas Petkus. Vilmantas Matulas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joe Herring in the 43rd minute. Vilmantas Matulas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joe Herring in the 44th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joe Herring to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s Joe Herring sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vilmantas Matulas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 55 minutes into the match, FC Žalia Giria's goal looked a bit too open when Joe Herring came free, but Vilmantas Matulas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joe Herring took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vilmantas Matulas. Vilmantas Matulas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Vilmantas Matulas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joe Herring went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Yuan Wei Han managed to get in a good position for a shot. Valencia C.F.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Yuan Wei Han was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vilmantas Matulas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. FC Žalia Giria's Augustinas Baltramaitis was substituted for Saúl Gentiletti. FC Žalia Giria's Algitas Kimbartas was substituted for Dovydas Varnas. Jerry Lodge showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramūnas Lipskis in the 69th minute of the match. Valencia C.F.'s Tuncay Candeğer was substituted for Alfred Claydon. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Ramūnas Lipskis managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Žalia Giria's supporters rose to their feet, but Ramūnas Lipskis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jerry Lodge breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 79 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s Joe Herring sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vilmantas Matulas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 80th minute, Joe Herring hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vilmantas Matulas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joe Herring, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Valencia C.F. made a substitution. Florentin Gougeon replaced Joe Herring. FC Žalia Giria's Ramūnas Lipskis got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jerry Lodge took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jack Grealish, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Valencia C.F. had won after a very even match.