Official Cup

Centrs Annenieki
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Markuss Reliņš started the match with the kick off. Florentin Gougeon hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. When Valencia C.F.'s Jonny Logan in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SK Annenieki's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aivils Aiza got free with Andoni Zubizarreta in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Florentin Gougeon scored 0-2 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Inārs Ozolkalns, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Inārs Ozolkalns took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florentin Gougeon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute Florentin Gougeon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Inārs Ozolkalns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute, Florentin Gougeon made a precise shot to the right of Inārs Ozolkalns. SK Annenieki's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Andoni Zubizarreta was a little too slow when Markuss Reliņš got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 29th minute. The score was now 1-3. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind SK Annenieki's goalkeeper Inārs Ozolkalns, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 33 minutes into the game, Valencia C.F.'s Florentin Gougeon nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Inārs Ozolkalns made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Inārs Ozolkalns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florentin Gougeon in the 35th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Florentin Gougeon in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Inārs Ozolkalns prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Inārs Ozolkalns didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Valencia C.F.'s Florentin Gougeon shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-5 in the ordered_time% minute. Andoni Zubizarreta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donats Rudmalis, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Jonny Logan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florentin Gougeon in the 45th minute of play forced SK Annenieki's goalkeeper Inārs Ozolkalns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Florentin Gougeon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Inārs Ozolkalns was relentless in the 47th minute of the game.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jonny Logan to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Javi Guerra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, Todd Kidd hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Konrāds Konča took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Andoni Zubizarreta. Valencia C.F.'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ivis Mellacis charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ivis Mellacis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Valencia C.F. booed when SK Annenieki was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivis Mellacis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 66 minutes of play, Valencia C.F.'s Florentin Gougeon made it 1-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Inārs Ozolkalns was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Florentin Gougeon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Jonny Logan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Valencia C.F.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Jonny Logan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Inārs Ozolkalns breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, SK Annenieki's Uldis Dzelzkalējs got a free kick in the 77th minute. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Florentin Gougeon took a quick shot and it went in 1-8 without a chance for Inārs Ozolkalns to make any attempt to save it. Inārs Ozolkalns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florentin Gougeon, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. 85 minutes into the game, Florentin Gougeon recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Inārs Ozolkalns. Florentin Gougeon showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-9. Inārs Ozolkalns made an important save on a dangerous shot by Florentin Gougeon in the 89th minute. Inārs Ozolkalns didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Florentin Gougeon went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-10 was the resulting score. In the 94th minute, Florentin Gougeon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Inārs Ozolkalns was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-11. Valencia C.F.'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.