Prized/Friendly Cup

Madagascar
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Leader of Lemurs's Tritan Dragoj 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. After a rather tough play, Average Joes's Per Rolandsson got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After 10 minutes of play, Average Joes's Per Rolandsson made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Veli Topalli was left in no man's land by his defense there! Per Rolandsson scored 0-2 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Veli Topalli, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 18 minutes into the game, Erin Bauta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Leader of Lemurs's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Average Joes the free kick. Erin Bauta hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Leader of Lemurs defense, Pål Askestät kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Veli Topalli. The Leader of Lemurs fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Veli Topalli should have stopped the shot. In the 24th minute, Bujar Peçi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Veli Topalli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Per Rolandsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Veli Topalli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pål Askestät in the 26th minute of the match. Per Rolandsson took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Veli Topalli. Veli Topalli dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. A collision led to Leader of Lemurs getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Danjel Bashaj hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute, Danjel Bashaj hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Average Joes booed when Leader of Lemurs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erin Bauta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arthur Saba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leader of Lemurs's Veli Topalli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yavuz Bülent Özger in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Arthur Saba to strike the kick off in the second half. Mariglen Zhiva's late challenge caught a Average Joes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mariglen Zhiva helped the player get up and apologised. In the 51st match minute, Leader of Lemurs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mariglen Zhiva to maneuver through the defense. In the 53rdth minute of the game Yavuz Bülent Özger who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Leader of Lemurs's Veli Topalli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Yavuz Bülent Özger had several of the Leader of Lemurs's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 53 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-6 score and a disappointed Veli Topalli as he didn't even see the shot coming. 57 minutes into the game, Pål Askestät cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Veli Topalli was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 61st minute, Average Joes's Pål Askestät dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. In the 64th minute, Pål Askestät made a precise shot to the right of Veli Topalli. Leader of Lemurs's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. Veli Topalli was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Per Rolandsson showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-10 in the 69 minute of play. A collision led to Leader of Lemurs getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Mariglen Zhiva hit a great ball. 73 minutes into the game, Filipp Krupatkih cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-11. Veli Topalli was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet as Per Rolandsson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Veli Topalli. That made the score 0-12 in the 77 minute of play. Average Joes made a substitution. Jeremias Silban replaced Per Rolandsson. Average Joes's Jo Blanchaert was substituted for Pål Askestät. The crowd rose to their feet as Average Joes's Jeremias Silban slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Veli Topalli. That made the score 0-13 after 82 minutes of play. Veli Topalli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yavuz Bülent Özger, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Leader of Lemurs's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremias Silban came free, but Veli Topalli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jo Blanchaert scored 0-14 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Veli Topalli, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Leader of Lemurs fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Average Joes were clearly better and deserved to take the win.