Official Cup

Soldier Arena
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ainar Põld started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Marques in the 7th minute of play forced Goblins F.C.'s goalkeeper Shen Yi Yuan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Iacob Ilinca fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LR Vanderslaike's protests and gave Iacob Ilinca a yellow card for diving instead. Goblins F.C. made a substitution. Felipe Drogba replaced Edvard Carlsson. 11 minutes into the game, one of LR Vanderslaike:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind LR Vanderslaike's goalkeeper Júlio César, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 20 minutes into the game, Goblins F.C.'s Felipe Drogba nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Júlio César made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 31 minutes of play, Goblins F.C.'s Felipe Drogba made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Júlio César was left in no man's land by his defense there! 36 minutes into the game, Goblins F.C.'s Semavi Hirfet nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Júlio César made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Augusto Stephen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Júlio César tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the game, Raúl Ungaro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Júlio César was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vangel Hrulev kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. 46 minutes into the match, Goblins F.C.'s goalkeeper Shen Yi Yuan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ainar Põld.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Augusto Stephen to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Duarte Vianna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Augusto Stephen kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 53rdth minute. Though ot was a great shot LR Vanderslaike's keeper Júlio César was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. 56 minutes into the match, Felipe Drogba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Júlio César. LR Vanderslaike's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Felipe Drogba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. 59 minutes into the game, Bai Qi Kuan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. LR Vanderslaike's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Goblins F.C. the free kick. A collision led to LR Vanderslaike getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Bai Qi Kuan hit a great ball. When Luo Mo Ming fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LR Vanderslaike's protests and gave Luo Mo Ming a yellow card for diving instead. Luo Mo Ming hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After 65 played minutes Goblins F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Vangel Hrulev. Júlio César showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Drogba in the 72nd minute of the match. Augusto Stephen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Goblins F.C.'s Felipe Drogba in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LR Vanderslaike's goalie prevented a goal. In the 77th minute, Felipe Drogba reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Júlio César. The goal made the score 0-7. LR Vanderslaike's Júlio César proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save LR Vanderslaike from getting a goal against them. Júlio César made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Augusto Stephen sent off a good shot on target. Felipe Drogba took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Júlio César. Júlio César dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9. Goblins F.C.'s Shen Yi Yuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Marques in the 88th minute of play. In the 90th minute, Goblins F.C. got a penalty, and Augusto Stephen placed the ball unsaveable into goal, by the right post. Júlio César came out of the goal in the 97th minute to try and stop a shot by Goblins F.C.'s Vangel Hrulev. But to his dismay, Vangel Hrulev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. Goblins F.C.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.