Official Cup

Rams Park
Spectators: 194 (Terracing: 146, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) A collision led to Lions United getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Rafli Leonard hit a great ball. 4 minutes into the match, Lions United's goal looked a bit too open when Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez came free, but Steve De Wilde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pan Jian Yong succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 13th playminute. The audience was convinced that Pan Jian Yong's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damian Walkowski was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pan Jian Yong in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Damian Walkowski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Taribo Ndukwe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Damian Walkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pan Jian Yong, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Damian Walkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pan Jian Yong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tibau Cornelis in the 28th minute of play forced Lions United's goalkeeper Steve De Wilde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute of the game Tommas Hunaerts made a throw-in which Jaspar Raymaekers played forward. 44 minutes into the game, AFC Irocha's Cao Shi Chang nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Steve De Wilde made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cao Shi Chang to make the kick off. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by AFC Irocha's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gao Cheng Yun was slow to take the kick. During this time Lions United's players had a chance to rest. If Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Pan Jian Yong had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pan Jian Yong in the 69th minute of play forced AFC Irocha's goalkeeper Damian Walkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pan Jian Yong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Damian Walkowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pan Jian Yong went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Damian Walkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pan Jian Yong in the 84th minute of the match. Steve De Wilde made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez sent off a good shot on target.