Official Cup

The Kop
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lee Tee got the match started through his kick off. Fawzi Larfaoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With 8 minutes on the clock, Abd al-Aziz Kader commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The supporters of LiverBird Flyers FC booed when Adab FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abd al-Aziz Kader didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zafran Choo might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nouredine Mimoun. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zafran Choo ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to LiverBird Flyers FC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Lamar Hongyi hit a great ball. Abdellah Medjadi Mansouri hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Nouredine Mimoun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lee Tee's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as LiverBird Flyers FC's Sajeev Chong slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Nouredine Mimoun. That made the score 1-0 after 19 minutes of play. Shahiran Choo got a throw-in 23 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Sajeev Chong. Nouredine Mimoun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sajeev Chong in the 24th minute. The supporters of Adab FC booed when LiverBird Flyers FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Afiz Au didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 43 played minutes Adab FC got a freekick which was hit by Fawzi Larfaoui. Nouredine Mimoun was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Zafran Choo. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cheb Hamdoud stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Adab FC booed when LiverBird Flyers FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lamar Hongyi didn't get a good kick on the ball. The throw-in from Lamar Hongyi in the 59th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Adab FC's Faouzi Cherrad. If Bineesh Tian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 62nd minute, Lee Tee left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LiverBird Flyers FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Nouredine Mimoun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bineesh Tian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adab FC's attentive Hamid Macias managed to snatch the ball when Mark Lam made a throw-in in the 69th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Adab FC's Cheb Hamdoud got a free kick in the 70th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Adab FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sajeev Chong came free, but Nouredine Mimoun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sajeev Mathews took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cheb Hamdoud, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nouredine Mimoun didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lee Tee went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After 83 minutes of play, LiverBird Flyers FC's Bineesh Tian made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nouredine Mimoun was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nouredine Mimoun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bineesh Tian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adab FC's attentive Ali Guessoum managed to snatch the ball when Shahiran Choo made a throw-in in the 88th minute of the game. Cheb Hamdoud sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 95th minute of the game, Ali Guessoum landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. The supporters of Adab FC booed when LiverBird Flyers FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shahiran Choo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Many of Adab FC's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Adab FC may have spent more time on the ball, but LiverBird Flyers FC were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.