Official Cup

Stadio De Victoria
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Khachatryan's Merlin Castro 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. Sung McKinley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bryan Hui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sung McKinley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Khai Amin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Tigran Balayan made a huge save. In the 5thth minute of the game Wong Butcher who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bryan Hui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marquis Kenny, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bryan Hui 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 11th minute. In the 17thth minute of the game Merlin Castro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Oakham's Bryan Hui was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 19th minute Wong Butcher 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. After some careless play in the Oakham defense, Merlin Castro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bryan Hui. The Oakham fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bryan Hui should have stopped the shot. A hard shot 25 in the game by Wong Butcher from a close distance when the talented Tigran Balayan managed to make a qualified save. Khachatryan's players were relieved. 35 minutes into the game, Wong Butcher cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Tigran Balayan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With his leg Tigran Balayan managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when Oakham's Wong Butcher fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wong Butcher in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Oakham's goalkeeper Bryan Hui, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Khachatryan's Grigor Grigoryan was substituted for Tigran Kirakosyan. Khachatryan's Wawrzyniec Budrewicz was substituted for Petros Oganesyan. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Wong Butcher stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes of play, Oakham's Wong Butcher made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tigran Balayan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bryan Hui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sung McKinley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniz Hsi in the 63rd minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Tigran Balayan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute Merlin Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bryan Hui saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st match minute, Oakham was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victor Chong to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd match minute, Oakham was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victor Chong to maneuver through the defense. Bryan Hui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sung McKinley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bryan Hui made an important save on a dangerous shot by Merlin Castro in the 76th minute. Muhammad Singh hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. 81 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when Jerry Soon came free, but Tigran Balayan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wong Butcher, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wong Butcher in the 88th minute of play. Wong Butcher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tigran Balayan having to interfere. With 96 minutes on the clock, Muhammad Singh commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 95th minute of the game. One of Oakham:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Khachatryan:s goal.