Official Cup

New Ground
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Balder Egtman started the match with the kick off. Viggo Herngaard hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Pheonix FC's zone, Knuts Plekss stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Moritz Holmaa came out of the goal and Knuts Plekss tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 6 minutes, Sonni Lei mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pheonix FC and the FK Poolisti players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th minute, Sonni Lei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Moritz Holmaa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saivis Amplis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bjarke Amstorp's late challenge caught a FK Poolisti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bjarke Amstorp helped the player get up and apologised. In the 11th minute, one of Pheonix FC: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 Pheonix FC. Saivis Amplis struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Moritz Holmaa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FK Poolisti. Moritz Holmaa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Knuts Plekss, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Knuts Plekss blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Moritz Holmaa having to make a save. Fredis Bilēvics made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Moritz Sørvin sent off a good shot on target. Fredis Bilēvics showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moritz Sørvin in the 21st minute of the match. If Knuts Plekss had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 25 minutes into the game, FK Poolisti's Knuts Plekss nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Moritz Holmaa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 27th minute, Knuts Plekss left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FK Poolisti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 30 minutes into the match, Mairis Strautnieks notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Pheonix FC's Moritz Holmaa. Moritz Holmaa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Andris Paupers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moritz Holmaa having to interfere. After 35 played minutes Pheonix FC got a freekick which was hit by Sonni Lei. Knuts Plekss took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Moritz Holmaa. Moritz Holmaa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Sigvart Deichmann's late challenge caught a FK Poolisti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sigvart Deichmann helped the player get up and apologised. Sigvart Deichmann hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Moritz Holmaa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Knuts Plekss in the 39th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Pheonix FC defense, Andris Paupers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Moritz Holmaa. The Pheonix FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Moritz Holmaa should have stopped the shot. Knuts Plekss took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Moritz Holmaa. Moritz Holmaa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

In the 51st minute, Knuts Plekss left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FK Poolisti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. Pheonix FC's Moritz Holmaa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mairis Strautnieks in the 57th minute of play. In the 61st minute, FK Poolisti's Andris Paupers dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. When Knuts Plekss in the 63rd play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Moritz Holmaa kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 0-9 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. In the 66th minute, Andris Paupers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Moritz Holmaa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-10. Saivis Amplis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Moritz Holmaa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Pheonix FC's Moritz Sørvin got a free kick in the 76th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Knuts Plekss in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Moritz Holmaa saved Pheonix FC from getting behind. Moritz Holmaa made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Andris Paupers sent off a good shot on target. Moritz Holmaa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mairis Strautnieks, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Knuts Plekss received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Moritz Holmaa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Pheonix FC's Moritz Holmaa got control of the ball when Andris Paupers tried to sneak it across the goal line. Knuts Plekss sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bjarke Amstorp was shown his second yellow card after 92 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 94th minute, Aļģis Dimants reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Moritz Holmaa. The goal made the score 0-13. FK Poolisti's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.