Official Cup

Soldiers Field
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Justs Budnieks started the match with the kick off. After 8 played minutes Ares FC -MM-'s Lucrețiu Gologan stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Visvaldis Petruks stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Black horses of the goal. Ovidiu Dobrica sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Iorgu Ares charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iorgu Ares the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Black horses's Albīns Rumpeters in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ares FC -MM-'s goalie prevented a goal. Ovidiu Dobrica kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 18thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Black horses's keeper Visvaldis Petruks was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. After 21 played minutes Ares FC -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Ovidiu Dobrica. Cătălin Şoiman hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. When Lauris Kārlis came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Black horses 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 Lauris Kārlis couldn't finish the play. In the 30th minute of the match, Cazimir Dijmărescu got a very nice opportunity to score, but Visvaldis Petruks was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 39th minute Ares FC -MM- were awarded a corner. Eamon Ares went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Ares FC -MM-'s corner Ionel Petran fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Visvaldis Petruks quite easily take care of the ball. Pēteris Kapteinis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Lucrețiu Gologan came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Ares FC -MM- 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 Lucrețiu Gologan couldn't finish the play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ovidiu Dobrica was the one to do the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gaidis Dzelzkalējs during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 51 played minutes Black horses got a freekick which was hit by Gaidis Dzelzkalējs. Lucrețiu Gologan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ovidiu Dobrica in the 57th minute of play forced Black horses's goalkeeper Visvaldis Petruks to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ovidiu Dobrica fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Visvaldis Petruks having to interfere. Ares FC -MM-'s Lucrețiu Gologan got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cazimir Dijmărescu's late challenge caught a Black horses's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cazimir Dijmărescu helped the player get up and apologised. Cazimir Dijmărescu hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Gaidis Dzelzkalējs was shown his second yellow card after 65 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 66th match minute, Black horses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaidis Dzelzkalējs to maneuver through the defense. 70 minutes into the match, Black horses's goal looked a bit too open when Lucrețiu Gologan came free, but Visvaldis Petruks reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match clock showed 73 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Justs Budnieks sped through Ares FC -MM-'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Codrin Vancea. Justs Budnieks's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 83rdth minute, Codrin Vancea skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Justs Budnieks's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 83rdth minute, Codrin Vancea skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 85th minute, Ares FC -MM-'s Iorgu Ares seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Iorgu Ares the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Ares FC -MM- protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Iorgu Ares had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 86 played minutes Ares FC -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Iorgu Ares. In the 86th minute Lauris Kārlis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Codrin Vancea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Auseklis Blitsons had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.