Official Cup

Napadogan Arena
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) With a couple of smart ball manuevers Merlin Castro in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Béla Simon saved Gasca Nebuna from getting behind. Béla Simon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Merlin Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute, Hamza Bihan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10th minute Kenton Mercure shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tigran Balayan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Khachatryan from getting a goal against them. 13 minutes into the game, Merlin Castro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Béla Simon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Béla Simon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sung McKinley in the 17th minute of the match. Hu Wei Shu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Béla Simon having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sung McKinley in the 23rd minute of play forced Gasca Nebuna's goalkeeper Béla Simon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute of the match Khachatryan got a corner. Gasca Nebuna's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Petros Oganesyan ran over to the corner to take the kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Gasca Nebuna's Wen Chao Shi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tigran Balayan. That made the score 1-1 after 26 minutes of play. The supporters of Gasca Nebuna booed when Khachatryan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bin Baresi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Béla Simon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tigran Kirakosyan, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Sabin Bălcescu kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. In the 38th minute Merlin Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Béla Simon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, Gasca Nebuna's goal looked a bit too open when Merlin Castro came free, but Béla Simon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tales Arruda got free with Tigran Balayan in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 47 minutes into the match, Gasca Nebuna's goal looked a bit too open when Merlin Castro came free, but Béla Simon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Gasca Nebuna's Dawid Kochowski was substituted for Jardel Matos. Khachatryan made a substitution. Wawrzyniec Budrewicz replaced Petros Oganesyan. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Merlin Castro was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Gasca Nebuna getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Sabin Bălcescu hit a great ball. Béla Simon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merlin Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Merlin Castro scored 1-2 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Béla Simon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Béla Simon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Merlin Castro in the 60th minute of play. Tales Arruda kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Khachatryan's Anton Florei was substituted for Hu Wei Shu. Tales Arruda hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. 65 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when Erenay Acarsoy came free, but Tigran Balayan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Wen Chao Shi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Merlin Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Béla Simon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Merlin Castro's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. In the 80th minute Khachatryan were awarded a corner. Albert Paulíny went to the cornerflag to take it. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gasca Nebuna's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Albert Paulíny was slow to take the kick. During this time Khachatryan's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Albert Paulíny almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Gasca Nebuna's Béla Simon did a great save. The supporters of Gasca Nebuna booed when Khachatryan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marquis Kenny didn't get a good kick on the ball. Béla Simon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Florei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joachim Elg, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. After 96 minutes, Wen Chao Shi made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.