Official Cup

The Duck Pen
Spectators: 178 (Terracing: 134, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) In the 2nd match minute, Harchester United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samuel Farmer to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiliano Fidele in the 4th minute of play forced Real Death Ducks's goalkeeper Syd Cullen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute, Ive Volckaerts hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robin Hultstrand got free with Gary Kelly in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Syd Cullen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstanty Domalik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Konstanty Domalik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 16thth minute of the game Yiğitcan Tugal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Harchester United's Gary Kelly was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 18th minute Konstanty Domalik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Syd Cullen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 19 minutes, Ive Volckaerts mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Death Ducks and the Harchester United players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 19 played minutes Real Death Ducks got a freekick which was hit by Ive Volckaerts. Syd Cullen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Farmer in the 20th minute of the match. Meng Rong Zhou hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Robin Hultstrand might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gary Kelly. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Robin Hultstrand ran back to his position shaking his head. Konstanty Domalik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Syd Cullen having to interfere. Harchester United made a substitution. Randall Burton replaced Samuel Farmer. Gary Kelly took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franklin de Queiroz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ive Volckaerts fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gary Kelly having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robin Hultstrand in the 46th minute of play forced Harchester United's goalkeeper Gary Kelly to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Harchester United's Quentin Fawcett got a free kick in the 47th minute.

Gary Kelly showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Franklin de Queiroz, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Gary Kelly showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yiğitcan Tugal in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ive Volckaerts in the 70th minute of play forced Harchester United's goalkeeper Gary Kelly to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Harchester United's Syd Cullen threw himself towards the right post 72 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Fan Sheng Yang, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 75 minutes into the match, Harchester United's Fan Sheng Yang sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Syd Cullen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Harchester United were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after Real Death Ducks's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Emiliano Fidele took the corner. The corner led Harchester United's Emiliano Fidele to fire away a dangerous shot which Syd Cullen despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Harchester United's Gary Kelly played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franklin de Queiroz in the 86th minute of play. When Yiğitcan Tugal came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Real Death Ducks fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Yiğitcan Tugal couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franklin de Queiroz in the 92nd minute of play forced Harchester United's goalkeeper Gary Kelly to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Death Ducks's goalkeeper Syd Cullen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Emiliano Fidele's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Syd Cullen was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Harchester United eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.