Official Cup

SMOLENSK
Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Youth Academy Of Rhye's Tomas Björk 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. If Fredrik Åhlberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 4 minutes in the game, Tomas Björk dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Fredrik Åhlberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Youth Academy Of Rhye's supporters rose to their feet, but Fredrik Åhlberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Irakliy Khokhlov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Днепр ФК's Vladimir Blokhin got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Днепр ФК's Klim Belyavskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Днепр ФК's Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 15th match minute, Youth Academy Of Rhye was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Johnny Engström to maneuver through the defense. After 16 played minutes Youth Academy Of Rhye got a freekick which was hit by Viktor Kjellberg. If Viktor Kjellberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 23 minutes into the game, Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ulf Holm. Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. In the 27th minute, Днепр ФК's Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. 33 minutes into the match, Днепр ФК's goal looked a bit too open when Fredrik Åhlberg came free, but Irakliy Khokhlov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Irakliy Khokhlov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fredrik Åhlberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute, Fredrik Åhlberg made a precise shot to the right of Irakliy Khokhlov. Днепр ФК's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. The audience was convinced that Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ulf Holm was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Ulf Holm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonid Eremin in the 42nd minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Viktor Kjellberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Klim Belyavskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ulf Holm having to interfere. After 48 played minutes Youth Academy Of Rhye got a freekick which was hit by Filip Hallgren. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Tomas Björk's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 54thth minute, Irakliy Khokhlov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fredrik Åhlberg got free with Irakliy Khokhlov in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arvin Eriksson made a great header on Youth Academy Of Rhye's corner, it was just that Днепр ФК's Irakliy Khokhlov managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpected shot in the 60th minute by Viktor Kjellberg got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nikolay Finikov during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Nikolay Finikov kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Johnny Engström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Filip Hallgren kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. After 70 played minutes Днепр ФК got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Sheludko. When Viktor Kjellberg came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Youth Academy Of Rhye 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 Viktor Kjellberg couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Youth Academy Of Rhye getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Filip Hallgren hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonid Eremin in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ulf Holm saved Youth Academy Of Rhye from getting behind. After 81 played minutes Youth Academy Of Rhye got a freekick which was hit by Johnny Engström. In the 84th minute, Youth Academy Of Rhye's Viktor Kjellberg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Irakliy Khokhlov. Irakliy Khokhlov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. Ulf Holm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy in the 94th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Klim Belyavskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ulf Holm. Youth Academy Of Rhye's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Klim Belyavskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Днепр ФК's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.