Official Cup

White Eagles Stadium
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 姜战岚 started the match with the kick off. 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's Cristo Ivakov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gez Eyre in the 2nd minute of play. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind White Eagles FC's goalkeeper Máximo Azeredo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Máximo Azeredo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 卓卫斌, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's Cristo Ivakov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士 from getting a goal against them. Cristo Ivakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gez Eyre in the 19th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 姜战岚 in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Máximo Azeredo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 22 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's 姜战岚 fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Máximo Azeredo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiberiu Nedelcea in the 23rd minute of play. Rory Fawcett fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristo Ivakov having to interfere. Cristo Ivakov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rory Fawcett, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 温威天's late challenge caught a White Eagles FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 温威天 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 33rd match minute, 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 温威天 to maneuver through the defense. 35 minutes into the match, White Eagles FC's goal looked a bit too open when 姜战岚 came free, but Máximo Azeredo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When 姜西朋 fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's protests and gave 姜西朋 a yellow card for diving instead. Andy Coburn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Cristo Ivakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 43 minutes of play, 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's 姜战岚 made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Máximo Azeredo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 47 minutes into the match, White Eagles FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tiberiu Nedelcea came free, but Máximo Azeredo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Matty Robson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, 卓森延 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristo Ivakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matty Robson in the 56th minute of the match. With his leg Máximo Azeredo managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's 姜战岚 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Matty Robson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士 getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. 温威天 hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andy Coburn in the 62nd minute of play forced 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's goalkeeper Cristo Ivakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, Gez Eyre made a precise shot to the right of Cristo Ivakov. 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. The audience was convinced that Matty Robson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristo Ivakov was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. White Eagles FC's Máximo Azeredo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save White Eagles FC from getting a goal against them. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by White Eagles FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 温威天 was slow to take the kick. During this time 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's players had a chance to rest. Máximo Azeredo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 姜战岚 in the 76th minute of play. After 79 minutes, Rory Fawcett mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the White Eagles FC and the 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 79th match minute, White Eagles FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rory Fawcett to maneuver through the defense. 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's Cristo Ivakov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matty Robson in the 81st minute of play. 姜战岚 scored 1-2 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Máximo Azeredo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, 『中国英雄骑士团』雷霆骑士's 温威天 got a free kick in the 90th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 姜战岚 in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Máximo Azeredo saved White Eagles FC from getting behind.