Official Cup

Sombra Arena
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. Francisco Conceicão started the match with the kick off. Dimosthenis Doukatelis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xu Xing Ting, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute Xu Xing Ting shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimosthenis Doukatelis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Diogo Costa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wiliam dos Santos in the 10th minute. After 17 minutes of play, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Wiliam dos Santos made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Diogo Costa was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Conceicão in the 22nd minute of play forced ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Dimosthenis Doukatelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Francisco Conceicão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Francisco Conceicão in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dimosthenis Doukatelis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 30th minute of the match Alexandrie CF got a corner. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fidel Domenech ran over to the corner to take the kick. Francisco Conceicão made a great header on Alexandrie CF's corner, it was just that ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Dimosthenis Doukatelis managed to reach the ball for a save. Alexandrie CF's defense didn't have a chance, in the 32nd minute, when Wiliam dos Santos scored to the left of an out of position Diogo Costa, making the score, 2-0. Wiliam dos Santos scored 3-0 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Diogo Costa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alexandrie CF's Fidel Domenech managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Peneios Antonopoulos in the 43 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiliam dos Santos in the 45th minute of play forced Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Diogo Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiliam dos Santos in the 47th minute of play forced Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Diogo Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jimmy Søderberg was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 52 minutes, Wiliam dos Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Wiliam dos Santos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Diogo Costa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wiliam dos Santos in the 55th minute of play. Şükrü Yavuzcan was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 57 minutes into the match. In the 56th minute, one of ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽. 58 minutes into the match, Isaac Andrews dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dimosthenis Doukatelis, 4-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jimmy Søderberg in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Diogo Costa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lajos Szatmári in the 64th minute. Alexandrie CF's Boris Johnson was substituted for Francisco Conceicão. 69 minutes into the match, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Dimosthenis Doukatelis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Xu Xing Ting. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xu Xing Ting got free with Dimosthenis Doukatelis in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Xu Xing Ting kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dimosthenis Doukatelis. That made the score 4-2 in the 79 minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, Wiliam dos Santos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Diogo Costa. Alexandrie CF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wiliam dos Santos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boris Johnson in the 90th minute of play forced ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Dimosthenis Doukatelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 94 minutes Alexandrie CF's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lajos Szatmári who took care of the corner kick. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Lajos Szatmári was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Diogo Costa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. For all the effort they put into the match, the Alexandrie CF players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽.