Official Cup

Vale of Knights
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Lanny Gilmore started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Aaron Smallwood made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tyrone Wolff in the 9th minute. Aaron Smallwood made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tyrone Wolff in the 12th minute. Stacy Daniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lanny Gilmore, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Elliot Mercado could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Aaron Smallwood made a huge save. In the 16th minute of the match Black Knights FC got a corner. Santos FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tyrone Wolff ran over to the corner to take the kick. Lanny Gilmore blasted a shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stacy Daniel having to make a save. Stacy Daniel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tyron Velasquez in the 20th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Tyron Velasquez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stacy Daniel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. A collision led to Black Knights FC getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Vincent Pacher hit a great ball. A collision led to Black Knights FC getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Elliot Mercado hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lanny Gilmore in the 29th minute of play forced Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Stacy Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Lanny Gilmore had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lanny Gilmore in the 32nd minute of play forced Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Stacy Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arturo Di Rado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Smallwood having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lanny Gilmore in the 36th minute of play forced Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Stacy Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 42 minutes Santos FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tyrone Wolff who took care of the corner kick. Santos FC's Mike Richardson quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Raúl Carvalho, made in the 45th minute of the game. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arturo Di Rado was the one to do the kick off. After 53 minutes Black Knights FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Warren Ruiz who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Santos FC's Lanny Gilmore getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Arturo Di Rado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Aaron Smallwood tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Arturo Di Rado ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aaron Smallwood was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Santos FC's attentive Terence Nicholas managed to snatch the ball when Horaţiu Dudău made a throw-in in the 59th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tyron Velasquez in the 62nd minute of play forced Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Stacy Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute Santos FC were awarded a corner. Warren Ruiz went to the cornerflag to take it. After 66 minutes of play, Santos FC's Tyron Velasquez made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stacy Daniel was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lanny Gilmore struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Stacy Daniel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Santos FC. Black Knights FC made a substitution. Tim Crain replaced Kirby Metzger. Stacy Daniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lanny Gilmore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anthony Wall hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Aaron Smallwood showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arturo Di Rado, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Dominic Albright made in the 83rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mike Richardson. In the 89th minute Lanny Gilmore shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stacy Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santos FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.