Official Cup

Mramotice Stadium
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Larry Hallam made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Larry Hallam got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 8th minute of the match Vivant got a corner. FK TEPLICE STARS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Youri Van Der Talen ran over to the corner to take the kick. Vivant's Clemente Cisneros was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Aris Giannopoulos in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Aris Giannopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hilário Bento, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. If Claitinho Marley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aris Giannopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Youri Van Der Talen in the 16th minute of play. After 20 minutes, Wladyslaw Miarka mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FK TEPLICE STARS and the Vivant players grew even worse after the yellow card. Wladyslaw Miarka kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. FK TEPLICE STARS's Aris Giannopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hilário Bento in the 23rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Larry Hallam's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aris Giannopoulos was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Aris Giannopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Larry Hallam in the 26th minute of play. With a little luck, Vivant's A.J. 关平 got control of the ball when Wladyslaw Miarka tried to sneak it across the goal line. Larry Hallam took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aris Giannopoulos. Aris Giannopoulos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 34th minute, Firmin Mendialdura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aris Giannopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Larry Hallam in the 37th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, Larry Hallam had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aris Giannopoulos. FK TEPLICE STARS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Larry Hallam was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. The supporters of FK TEPLICE STARS booed when Vivant was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Claitinho Marley didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aris Giannopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hilário Bento, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 45 minutes into the match, FK TEPLICE STARS's goal looked a bit too open when Larry Hallam came free, but Aris Giannopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Cihan Kisačević made the kick off in the second half. Larry Hallam in the 51stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aris Giannopoulos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. A.J. 关平 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wladyslaw Miarka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Larry Hallam received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aris Giannopoulos came out and tried to block the shot, but Larry Hallam slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 54th minute. Larry Hallams short, quick shot in the 60thth minute got Aris Giannopoulos to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Larry Hallam's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 60thth minute, Aris Giannopoulos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 63rd play minute Larry Hallam came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Aris Giannopoulos. 0-5. Aris Giannopoulos had great luck who in the 65thth minute grab hold of the ball when Hilário Bento from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. With an all-out effort, Vivant's Aris Giannopoulos threw himself towards the right post 68 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Larry Hallam, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Aris Giannopoulos made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Marin Lipets sent off a good shot on target. A.J. 关平 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cihan Kisačević, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Vivant's Larry Hallam slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Aris Giannopoulos. That made the score 0-6 after 73 minutes of play. Aris Giannopoulos made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Marin Lipets sent off a good shot on target. Through an outstanding action, after 77 minutes, Aris Giannopoulos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marin Lipets got free with Aris Giannopoulos in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 82nd minute of the match, Hilário Bento tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Aris Giannopoulos saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 84th minute Larry Hallam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aris Giannopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Larry Hallam in the 86th minute of play forced FK TEPLICE STARS's goalkeeper Aris Giannopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute, Ladislav Klouček hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Larry Hallam put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Aris Giannopoulos. Aris Giannopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hilário Bento in the 92nd minute of the match. Hilário Bento did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-8 to the left of a surprised Aris Giannopoulos 93 minutes into the match. The Vivant supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Vivant would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.