Official Cup

Soldiers Field
Spectators: 527 (Terracing: 396, Seating: 121, VIP seats: 10) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Baal Ares took the kick off in the first half of the match. International Thunders's Stefan Neubrandt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save International Thunders from getting a goal against them. When Ares FC -MM-'s Baal Ares, in the 6th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Ares FC -MM-. Lionel 柯景亦 kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Baal Ares did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Stefan Neubrandt 13 minutes into the match. International Thunders's Stefan Neubrandt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save International Thunders from getting a goal against them. Luca Jivulescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oskar Vahlberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaan Aktürk in the 22nd minute of play forced Ares FC -MM-'s goalkeeper Luca Jivulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute of the match Lucrețiu Cuculeanu sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Stefan Neubrandt skillfully saved the ball. The supporters of International Thunders booed when Ares FC -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Călin Hoisie didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ares FC -MM-'s Luca Jivulescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaan Aktürk in the 26th minute of play. Luca Jivulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loukianos Staikos in the 31st minute of play. Lionel 柯景亦 charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lionel 柯景亦 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Ares FC -MM- booed when International Thunders was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lionel 柯景亦 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Baal Ares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Stefan Neubrandt made a huge save. After 43 played minutes Ares FC -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Pete Wray. If Baal Ares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaan Aktürk in the 55th minute of play forced Ares FC -MM-'s goalkeeper Luca Jivulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. International Thunders's Stefan Neubrandt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baal Ares in the 62nd minute of play. Kaan Aktürk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Luca Jivulescu made a huge save. In the 67th minute, Kaan Aktürk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luca Jivulescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Rodrigo Ferdinand received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Luca Jivulescu came out and tried to block the shot, but Rodrigo Ferdinand slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 73rd minute. Stefan Neubrandt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Folkert Walregt in the 76th minute of play. After a rather tough play, International Thunders's Raimundas Baleika got a free kick in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute of the match Karadeniz Otay sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Stefan Neubrandt skillfully saved the ball. When Ares FC -MM-'s Baal Ares in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye International Thunders's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Baal Ares in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Stefan Neubrandt saved International Thunders from getting behind. 90 minutes into the game, Baal Ares cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Stefan Neubrandt was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Viktor Eklund hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. International Thunders's Carlo Gerick got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

After resting during the break, the players from both teams went out on the field looking very concentrated. It was now first half of the overtime. Baal Ares made the kick off and play began. Ares FC -MM-'s Luca Jivulescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaan Aktürk in the 99th minute of play. Stefan Neubrandt made a fantastic save in the 104th minute, when Baal Ares sent off a good shot on target. When Folkert Walregt came up free with the goalie in the 108th minute, the Ares FC -MM- 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 Folkert Walregt couldn't finish the play. Folkert Walregt struck a weak shot in the 110th minute. Stefan Neubrandt didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ares FC -MM-. Stefan Neubrandt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baal Ares in the 111th minute of play. In the 112th minute Baal Ares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefan Neubrandt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rafael Schmitzberger kicked well hit freekick during the 113th minute of the match. In the 114th minute, Folkert Walregt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ares FC -MM- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Ares FC -MM-'s supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.