Official Cup

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aqil Bağiyev got the match started through his kick off. Jogaila Palčiauskas came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Şamaxı Bankirlər's Loğman Hacibabayev. But to his dismay, Loğman Hacibabayev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 10th minute, Aqil Bağiyev made a precise shot to the right of Jogaila Palčiauskas. Savage Hippo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Edmundas Kšanavičius hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Jogaila Palčiauskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Şahin Bäylärov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Savage Hippo defense, Qüdrät Ağamirzadä kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jogaila Palčiauskas. The Savage Hippo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jogaila Palčiauskas should have stopped the shot. Jogaila Palčiauskas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qusif Zamanov in the 21st minute of play. Loğman Hacibabayev hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute of the match Nojus Mitkevičius shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Péter Čech showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 28th minute, Naglis Bajoriūnas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute, Aqil Bağiyev made a precise shot to the right of Jogaila Palčiauskas. Savage Hippo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Mahir Balişov kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Kęstutis Gasaitis hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qüdrät Ağamirzadä in the 45th minute of play forced Savage Hippo's goalkeeper Jogaila Palčiauskas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jogaila Palčiauskas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Loğman Hacibabayev went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vaidas Rakauskas to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qusif Zamanov in the 57th minute of play forced Savage Hippo's goalkeeper Jogaila Palčiauskas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdulhämid Ibrahimli hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Nojus Mitkevičius took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 61st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Péter Čech. Şamaxı Bankirlər's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Jogaila Palčiauskas was a little too slow when Loğman Hacibabayev got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 0-6. Loğman Hacibabayev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Jogaila Palčiauskas made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Şamaxı Bankirlər's Arzuman Binnätov got a free kick in the 73rd minute. 79 minutes into the match, Aqil Bağiyev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jogaila Palčiauskas, 0-7. Péter Čech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simonas Bielinis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 91 minutes into the match, Aqil Bağiyev notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Savage Hippo's Jogaila Palčiauskas. Jogaila Palčiauskas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Aqil Bağiyev took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Jogaila Palčiauskas to make any attempt to save it. The Savage Hippo fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Şamaxı Bankirlər were clearly better and deserved to take the win.