Official Cup

Black Crow
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) If Peter Degiorgio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 14th minute Mark Montebello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valery Gurinovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Templars FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Raymond Callus hit a great ball. After 18 played minutes, FORTALEZA's Yaroslav Makarov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dylan Pizzuto came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FORTALEZA reached it. Mark Montebello took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valery Gurinovich. Valery Gurinovich dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Valery Gurinovich didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Peter Degiorgio went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Valery Gurinovich stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mark Montebello's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. Valery Gurinovich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Montebello in the 34th minute of play. In the 36th minute, Peter Degiorgio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mark Cuschieri scored 0-3 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valery Gurinovich, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 43 minutes into the match, Templars FC's goalkeeper Dylan Pizzuto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Branislav Murashko. In the 46th minute, Mark Cuschieri ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valery Gurinovich was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 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 Mark Montebello to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Liam Rolè took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Valery Gurinovich to make any attempt to save it. Valery Gurinovich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liam Rolè in the 56th minute of play. Liam Rolè scored 0-6 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valery Gurinovich, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 60 minutes into the match, FORTALEZA's goalkeeper Valery Gurinovich had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Peter Degiorgio. In the 61st match minute, FORTALEZA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergey Antropov to maneuver through the defense. FORTALEZA's Valery Gurinovich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liam Rolè in the 65th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mark Montebello got free with Valery Gurinovich in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 74 minutes into the match, FORTALEZA's goalkeeper Valery Gurinovich had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mark Montebello. Mark Montebello who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 75thth minute tested the skills of Valery Gurinovich when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Valery Gurinovich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liam Rolè, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 81st minute Liam Rolè shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valery Gurinovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peter Degiorgio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Valery Gurinovich made a huge save. FORTALEZA's Valery Gurinovich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liam Rolè in the 83rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Peter Degiorgio could shoot a difficult shot in the 90th minute, which Valery Gurinovich however easily saved by the left post. 90 minutes into the game, Semen Sudarkov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FORTALEZA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Templars FC the free kick. Branislav Murashko charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Branislav Murashko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FORTALEZA getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Branislav Murashko hit a great ball. When the match was over Templars FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FORTALEZA throughout the match.