Official Cup

Hoseifa
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) FC Caspiy's Filipp Debabov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The crowd rose to their feet as Ben-Ami Amran kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Martyn Baiseitov. That made the score 1-0 in the 4 minute of play. Rozen Lipsky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkhip Repin in the 8th minute of play. After a rather tough play, G.R.'s Reuven Speyer got a free kick in the 9th minute. Rozen Lipsky showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filipp Debabov in the 12th minute of the match. After 15 played minutes G.R. got a freekick which was hit by Zahavi Drucker. Rozen Lipsky came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Caspiy's Boris Nekrasov. But to his dismay, Boris Nekrasov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Ben-Ami Amran could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Martyn Baiseitov made a huge save. Ben-Ami Amran fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martyn Baiseitov having to interfere. In the 31st minute, Andrey Lisnyanskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ben-Ami Amran in the 32nd minute of play forced FC Caspiy's goalkeeper Martyn Baiseitov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ben-Ami Amran could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Martyn Baiseitov made a huge save. FC Caspiy's Martyn Baiseitov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ben-Ami Amran in the 38th minute of play. In the 39th minute, Karni Roberts left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The G.R. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 43 minutes into the game, FC Caspiy's Filipp Debabov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rozen Lipsky made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. 47 minutes into the game, Andrey Lisnyanskiy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Caspiy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave G.R. the free kick. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ben-Ami Amran to make the kick off. Reuven Speyer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Martyn Baiseitov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. G.R.'s Reuven Speyer got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Martyn Baiseitov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reuven Speyer, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 69th minute Filipp Debabov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rozen Lipsky saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rozen Lipsky showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipp Debabov, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. After some careless play in the FC Caspiy defense, Ben-Ami Amran kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Martyn Baiseitov. The FC Caspiy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Martyn Baiseitov should have stopped the shot. Rozen Lipsky showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipp Debabov, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Martyn Baiseitov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ben-Ami Amran in the 84th minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, G.R.'s goal looked a bit too open when Filipp Debabov came free, but Rozen Lipsky reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the game, Reuven Speyer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-2. Martyn Baiseitov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Klim Muravev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Rozen Lipsky made a huge save. When FC Caspiy's Filipp Debabov in the 91st minute got a chance for a shot 91st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye G.R.'s goalie prevented a goal. Ben-Ami Amran scored 6-2 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Martyn Baiseitov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. G.R. had won after a very even match.