Official Cup

Bogantungan Park
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alberto Hickman started the match with the kick off. Douglas Christian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pejko Milenkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Brannik's Robert Bambas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benny Chamberlain in the 8th minute of play. Robert Bambas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Neale Norton in the 9th minute. In the 13th minute Alberto Hickman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Bambas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Bambas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Neale Norton, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Benny Chamberlain could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Robert Bambas made a huge save. Brannik's Robert Bambas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Brannik from getting a goal against them. Pat Holcomb hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 26th minute, Barnett Collins left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Adelaide fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 31st minute of the match, Alberto Hickman tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Robert Bambas saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Robert Bambas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Hickman in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes into the game, Pejko Milenkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Douglas Christian was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Adelaide booed when Brannik was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sherwood Rooney didn't get a good kick on the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Brannik's goal looked a bit too open when Benny Chamberlain came free, but Robert Bambas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Robert Bambas made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Barnett Collins sent off a good shot on target. In the 46th match minute, Adelaide was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Barnett Collins to maneuver through the defense. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pejko Milenkov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Robert Bambas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neale Norton in the 55th minute of the match. In the 56th match minute, Brannik was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antoine Daniel to maneuver through the defense. Brannik's Robert Bambas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benny Chamberlain in the 58th minute of play. Sherwood Rooney hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Robert Bambas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benny Chamberlain, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Domenico Hooper came free with the goalkeeper in the 64th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Douglas Christian could save by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Hickman in the 68th minute of play forced Brannik's goalkeeper Robert Bambas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute, Sherwood Rooney hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Samuel Fasey missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 73 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Robert Bambas right hand side. Brannik's Robert Bambas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benny Chamberlain in the 75th minute of play. In the 84th match minute, Brannik was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sherwood Rooney to maneuver through the defense. After 85 minutes, Pat Holcomb mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brannik and the Adelaide players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 85th match minute, Brannik was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pat Holcomb to maneuver through the defense. Samuel Fasey, 86 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Pejko Milenkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Pejko Milenkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Brannik's supporters rose to their feet, but Pejko Milenkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Douglas Christian breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Adelaide walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.