Official Cup

Camp Nou
Spectators: 191 (Terracing: 144, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) FC Barcelona Lassa's Vitaliy Tinkov 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. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dominik Smith fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Svyatoslav Botvinnikov having to interfere. Benjamin Sykes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitaliy Tinkov in the 13th minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Dominik Smith managed to get in a good position for a shot. The Handsome Wizards UTD's supporters rose to their feet, but Dominik Smith was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Svyatoslav Botvinnikov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oles Byshovets in the 21st minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dominik Smith received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Svyatoslav Botvinnikov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luke Hollingsworth made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zinoviy Kornilov in the 27th minute. FC Barcelona Lassa's Svyatoslav Botvinnikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benjamin Sykes in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominik Smith in the 38th minute of play forced FC Barcelona Lassa's goalkeeper Svyatoslav Botvinnikov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Svyatoslav Botvinnikov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin Sykes in the 40th minute of play. After 42 minutes, John Lynch mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Handsome Wizards UTD and the FC Barcelona Lassa players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of FC Barcelona Lassa booed when The Handsome Wizards UTD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. John Lynch didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Benjamin Sykes to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, one of The Handsome Wizards UTD:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for The Handsome Wizards UTD. The referee gave FC Barcelona Lassa a penalty, 52 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Oles Byshovets, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of The Handsome Wizards UTD's Luke Hollingsworth. 2-0. 55 minutes into the game, Vitaliy Tinkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Luke Hollingsworth was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Svyatoslav Botvinnikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Sykes in the 67th minute of the match. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Svyatoslav Botvinnikov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin Sykes in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zinoviy Kornilov in the 75th minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Zinoviy Kornilov notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of The Handsome Wizards UTD's Luke Hollingsworth. Luke Hollingsworth was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the The Handsome Wizards UTD defense, Zinoviy Kornilov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luke Hollingsworth. The The Handsome Wizards UTD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luke Hollingsworth should have stopped the shot. There was no doubt that FC Barcelona Lassa were the better team. FC Barcelona Lassa's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.