Official Cup

L Abarset Park
Spectators: 196 (Terracing: 148, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Emílio Lendaa made the kick off and thus started the match. After having played for 3 minutes, Adriano Guimarães managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SILMONT's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adriano Guimarães was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 7th play minute Ethan Stiles came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Qiu Zhi. 1-0. Qiu Zhi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ethan Stiles, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bethel Raba in the 12th minute of play forced FC Shakhtar Donetsk's goalkeeper Washington de Lara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Washington de Lara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emílio Lendaa in the 17th minute of the match. Qiu Zhi was out of position in the 19 minute of play, and Ethan Stiles capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ethan Stiles really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. In the 23rd minute Ethan Stiles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qiu Zhi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, FC Shakhtar Donetsk's goal looked a bit too open when Emílio Lendaa came free, but Washington de Lara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of FC Shakhtar Donetsk booed when SILMONT was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mai Zhen didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Ethan Stiles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Qiu Zhi was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. FC Shakhtar Donetsk's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Damien Blake in the 34th minute. After taking down the ball on FC Shakhtar Donetsk's corner Damien Blake fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Qiu Zhi quite easily take care of the ball. 36 minutes into the match, SILMONT's goal looked a bit too open when Ethan Stiles came free, but Qiu Zhi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adriano Guimarães fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Washington de Lara having to interfere. 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 wind increased when Ethan Stiles made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, SILMONT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damazy Ruszczyk to maneuver through the defense. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind SILMONT's goalkeeper Qiu Zhi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bethel Raba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Washington de Lara having to interfere. With a little luck, FC Shakhtar Donetsk's Washington de Lara got control of the ball when Emílio Lendaa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Qiu Zhi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ethan Stiles, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. With a little luck, FC Shakhtar Donetsk's Washington de Lara got control of the ball when João Carlos Schmidt tried to sneak it across the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, FC Shakhtar Donetsk's goal looked a bit too open when Bethel Raba came free, but Washington de Lara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emílio Lendaa came free with the goalkeeper in the 74th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Washington de Lara could save by the left post. SILMONT made a substitution. Thomas Albaret replaced Bethel Raba. SILMONT's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thomas Albaret in the 76th minute. After 84 played minutes FC Shakhtar Donetsk got a freekick which was hit by Bai Ang. The supporters of SILMONT booed when FC Shakhtar Donetsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bai Ang didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Thomas Albaret came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the SILMONT fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Thomas Albaret couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Thomas Albaret in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Washington de Lara prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Ethan Stiles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Qiu Zhi was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. The supporters of FC Shakhtar Donetsk booed when SILMONT was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thomas Albaret didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Adriano Guimarães took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Washington de Lara to make any attempt to save it. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the SILMONT players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.