Official Cup

NatLihi Arena
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Juninho Pernambucano made the kick off which started today's match. FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Big Hands played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avisar Tchuva in the 3rd minute of play. Big Hands showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yada Kleiman, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Erel Serour showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fahrettin Kirtekin, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Big Hands took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Negev Hershtog, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yada Kleiman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 15 minutes into the match, Fahrettin Kirtekin notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Neve Lihi's Erel Serour. Erel Serour was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Erel Serour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juninho Pernambucano in the 18th minute of play. Erel Serour stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Juninho Pernambucano's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fahrettin Kirtekin in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Erel Serour saved Neve Lihi from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fahrettin Kirtekin in the 24th minute of play forced Neve Lihi's goalkeeper Erel Serour to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fahrettin Kirtekin in the 26th minute of play forced Neve Lihi's goalkeeper Erel Serour to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI were awarded a corner. Enes Kartal went to the cornerflag to take it. Enes Kartal made a great header on FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's corner, it was just that Neve Lihi's Erel Serour managed to reach the ball for a save. Neve Lihi's Erel Serour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juninho Pernambucano in the 29th minute of play. Erel Serour came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Juninho Pernambucano. But to his dismay, Juninho Pernambucano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Big Hands showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Negev Hershtog, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Big Hands played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avisar Tchuva in the 39th minute of play. Big Hands took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Avisar Tchuva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Big Hands showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Avisar Tchuva, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. 43 minutes into the match, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Juninho Pernambucano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Erel Serour narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Big Hands was a little too slow when Negev Hershtog got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 46th minute. The score was now 1-2. The Neve Lihi players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI were winning 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Negev Hershtog to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Neve Lihi were awarded a corner. Abell Jessel went to the cornerflag to take it. Neve Lihi's Abell Jessel was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Big Hands in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Neve Lihi's zone, Juninho Pernambucano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erel Serour came out of the goal and Juninho Pernambucano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Neve Lihi's Yonathan Baner got a free kick in the 56th minute. Big Hands took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Negev Hershtog, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st minute Avisar Tchuva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Big Hands saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fahrettin Kirtekin was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 63rd minute. FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Big Hands showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yonathan Baner, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The audience was convinced that Negev Hershtog's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Big Hands was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Negev Hershtog in the 70th minute of play forced FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goalkeeper Big Hands to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Neve Lihi's Erel Serour got control of the ball when Juninho Pernambucano tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Juninho Pernambucano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ernesto Tauro hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Juninho Pernambucano's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 81stth minute, Erel Serour skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Erel Serour managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Juninho Pernambucano fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Erel Serour made an important save on a dangerous shot by Juninho Pernambucano in the 83rd minute. Neve Lihi's Erel Serour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juninho Pernambucano in the 84th minute of play. Radowit Kazimierz kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.