Official Cup

St LuXun Park
Spectators: 574 (Terracing: 431, Seating: 132, VIP seats: 11) Australian Youth Academy's Garth Brough 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. Australian Youth Academy's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tahsin Elçioğlu in the 6th minute of play. Per-Arne Vidman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ellis Hoskin in the 10th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Tahsin Elçioğlu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Keylor Navas. Australian Youth Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tahsin Elçioğlu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Keylor Navas came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Kropotkins pojkar's Tahsin Elçioğlu. But to his dismay, Tahsin Elçioğlu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After a rather tough play, Australian Youth Academy's Jason Butterfield got a free kick in the 30th minute. Keylor Navas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tahsin Elçioğlu's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. Garth Brough in the 36thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Per-Arne Vidman, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Ellis Hoskin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 0-3 became the score in the 41st minute when Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tahsin Elçioğlu to make the kick off. 56 minutes into the game, Garth Brough cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Per-Arne Vidman was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kropotkins pojkar's Per-Arne Vidman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fletcher Baba in the 59th minute of play. Per-Arne Vidman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fletcher Baba in the 62nd minute of the match. Gaspar Olando took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 73rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Per-Arne Vidman. Kropotkins pojkar's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Per-Arne Vidman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fletcher Baba, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Keylor Navas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tahsin Elçioğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. After a rather tough play, Kropotkins pojkar's Axel Strand got a free kick in the 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Garth Brough in the 80th minute of play forced Kropotkins pojkar's goalkeeper Per-Arne Vidman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Per-Arne Vidman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fletcher Baba in the 82nd minute of play. Gaspar Olando hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match.