Official Cup

Camp Nou
Spectators: 191 (Terracing: 144, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) Tadeusz Dziechciowski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some careless play in the Sakura Storm defense, Velimir Vizek kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zakir Novruzov. The Sakura Storm fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zakir Novruzov should have stopped the shot. Zakir Novruzov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pompiliu Bacalbașa in the 8th minute of the match. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sakura Storm's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Paško Kukavica was slow to take the kick. During this time Crni Tigrovi's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Crni Tigrovi's Lazar Kotlar getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The supporters of Crni Tigrovi booed when Sakura Storm was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erruki Sotes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zakir Novruzov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Velimir Vizek in the 18th minute of the match. Nebojša Jerić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadeusz Dziechciowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Zakir Novruzov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Velimir Vizek in the 29th minute of the match. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Crni Tigrovi's goalkeeper Nebojša Jerić, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sakura Storm's Tadeusz Dziechciowski got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zakir Novruzov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Garikoitz Revuelta, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. 36 minutes into the match, Sakura Storm's goal looked a bit too open when Velimir Vizek came free, but Zakir Novruzov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute, Zak Tan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice moves Miroslav Agbaba could shoot a difficult shot in the 41st minute, which Zakir Novruzov however easily saved by the left post. In the 42nd minute Tadeusz Dziechciowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nebojša Jerić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Miroslav Agbaba got free with Zakir Novruzov in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Sakura Storm getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Tadeusz Dziechciowski hit a great ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Velimir Vizek to make the kick off. Zsolt Hubina's late challenge caught a Crni Tigrovi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zsolt Hubina helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Sakura Storm getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Zsolt Hubina hit a great ball. In the 52nd minute, Miroslav Agbaba ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zakir Novruzov was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Severino Carriedo during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sakura Storm's Severino Carriedo got a free kick in the 59th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sacit Selmi during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Zakir Novruzov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Garikoitz Revuelta in the 62nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Garikoitz Revuelta in the 66th minute of play forced Sakura Storm's goalkeeper Zakir Novruzov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zakir Novruzov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Garikoitz Revuelta in the 66th minute of play. Nebojša Jerić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadeusz Dziechciowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Velimir Vizek scored 5-1 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zakir Novruzov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 86 minutes into the match, Sakura Storm's goal looked a bit too open when Velimir Vizek came free, but Zakir Novruzov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sakura Storm's Zakir Novruzov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pompiliu Bacalbașa in the 89th minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Pompiliu Bacalbașa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zakir Novruzov. Sakura Storm's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pompiliu Bacalbașa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Crni Tigrovi had played much better football throughout.