Official Cup

Old Heaven
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Vivant's Larry Hallam started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Larry Hallam in the 3rd minute of play. After 5 played minutes Феникс Санкт-Петербург got a freekick which was hit by Aleksey Braga. In the 8th minute, Liu Jie 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. Josue Ayala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Larry Hallam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 12 played minutes Феникс Санкт-Петербург got a freekick which was hit by Gennadiy Blatun. Josue Ayala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Larry Hallam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute of the match Vivant got a corner. Феникс Санкт-Петербург'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. A.J. 关平 made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Gennadiy Blatun sent off a good shot on target. In the 27th minute, Hilário Bento left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vivant fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Josue Ayala showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marin Lipets, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Larry Hallam spun around in front of the goal 34 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Larry Hallam in the 36th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Larry Hallam in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Josue Ayala saved Феникс Санкт-Петербург from getting behind. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Larry Hallam in the 40th minute of play. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Larry Hallam in the 44th minute of play. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Osman Gulson quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Claitinho Marley, made in the 45th minute of the game. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marin Lipets in the 46th minute of play. Феникс Санкт-Петербург were furious when Gennadiy Nazarov was red carded, 48 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 47 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Феникс Санкт-Петербург! Vivant were awarded a corner in the 50th minute after Феникс Санкт-Петербург's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Youri Van Der Talen took the corner. Timur Chichko thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Josue Ayala, a very annoying self made goal in the 51st minute which led to 0-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Gennadiy Blatun made the kick off in the second half. Josue Ayala made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hilário Bento in the 61st minute. Hilário Bento could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Josue Ayala made a huge save. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Larry Hallam in the 63rd minute of play. In the 64th match minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kirill Latyaev to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute, Youri Van Der Talen fired a really elegant long shot, but Josue Ayala threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Феникс Санкт-Петербург from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Larry Hallam's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Josue Ayala was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. The supporters of Vivant booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gennadiy Blatun didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gennadiy Blatun hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute Larry Hallam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josue Ayala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Larry Hallam in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Josue Ayala saved Феникс Санкт-Петербург from getting behind. In the 80th minute Hilário Bento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josue Ayala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Josue Ayala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Larry Hallam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Феникс Санкт-Петербург from getting a goal against them. Josue Ayala came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Vivant's Marin Lipets. But to his dismay, Marin Lipets quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. A collision led to Феникс Санкт-Петербург getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Timur Chichko hit a great ball. Josue Ayala didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Larry Hallam went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hilário Bento in the 96th minute of the match. Hilário Bento scored 0-8 in the 99th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Josue Ayala, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match was over Vivant could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Феникс Санкт-Петербург throughout the match.