Official Cup

Tapa Linnastaadion
Spectators: 510 (Terracing: 383, Seating: 117, VIP seats: 10) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hans Otterlei made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the match, La Cosa Nostra's Hans Otterlei sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Heigo Mustkivi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a little luck, La Cosa Nostra's Joel Delfino got control of the ball when Kalju Palk tried to sneak it across the goal line. Heigo Mustkivi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hans Otterlei in the 10th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnaldo Perpinya in the 14th minute of play forced Tapa Athlétic™'s goalkeeper Heigo Mustkivi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute, Arnaldo Perpinya left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Cosa Nostra fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Mugurel Chiriloaie could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Joel Delfino made a huge save. Heigo Mustkivi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hans Otterlei in the 23rd minute of the match. Joel Delfino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vahur Nirk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute Mugurel Chiriloaie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joel Delfino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Cosa Nostra's Joel Delfino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vahur Nirk in the 28th minute of play. 31 minutes into the game, Gheorghiţă Hagi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Joel Delfino was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 39 minutes into the match, La Cosa Nostra's goalkeeper Joel Delfino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gheorghiţă Hagi. After 41 minutes La Cosa Nostra's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Madis Indrekson who took care of the corner kick. Tapa Athlétic™'s Madis Indrekson was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Joel Delfino in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 44th minute, Tapa Athlétic™'s Gheorghiţă Hagi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

51 minutes into the match, La Cosa Nostra's goal looked a bit too open when Mugurel Chiriloaie came free, but Joel Delfino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as La Cosa Nostra's Hans Otterlei slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Heigo Mustkivi. That made the score 2-2 after 57 minutes of play. La Cosa Nostra's Joel Delfino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mugurel Chiriloaie in the 62nd minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, Tapa Athlétic™'s goalkeeper Heigo Mustkivi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hans Otterlei. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Hans Otterlei took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Heigo Mustkivi to make any attempt to save it. In the 73rdth minute of the game Hans Otterlei who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tapa Athlétic™'s Heigo Mustkivi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. La Cosa Nostra made a substitution. Bartolo Nesor replaced Arnaldo Perpinya. Tapa Athlétic™'s Roland Muusik was substituted for Gheorghiţă Hagi. Tapa Athlétic™'s attentive Leopold Mineja managed to snatch the ball when Joel Suarez made a throw-in in the 78th minute of the game. Mugurel Chiriloaie recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as La Cosa Nostra's Marciano Bizen slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Heigo Mustkivi. That made the score 2-4 after 81 minutes of play. 84 minutes into the match, Tapa Athlétic™'s Mugurel Chiriloaie sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Joel Delfino narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Marciano Bizen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Heigo Mustkivi made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Marciano Bizen sent off a good shot on target. La Cosa Nostra's attentive Joel Suarez managed to snatch the ball when Leopold Mineja made a throw-in in the 93rd minute of the game.

The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched La Cosa Nostra eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.