Official Cup

BakanakhaUbago Arena
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor Lundqvist got free with Amador Paublo in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 8 minutes into the match, Selebi-Phikwe's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Martínez Gullotta came free, but Mitch Lauwers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mitch Lauwers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kobe Mesmaeckers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute, Benedicto Atarratze ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Amador Paublo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Mitch Lauwers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Martínez Gullotta, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, Circus BAF's Abubakar Al Abdullah got a free kick in the 18th minute. In the 22nd minute Wu Sang Yi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mitch Lauwers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Circus BAF getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Abubakar Al Abdullah hit a great ball. Victor Lundqvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Amador Paublo made a huge save. Victor Lundqvist kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Mitch Lauwers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kobe Mesmaeckers in the 29th minute of the match. Abdel Masoud Ghannouchi kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, Circus BAF's goal looked a bit too open when Rafik Oliwa came free, but Amador Paublo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Vlad Tudose fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Selebi-Phikwe's protests and gave Vlad Tudose a yellow card for diving instead. In the 40th match minute, Selebi-Phikwe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vlad Tudose to maneuver through the defense. Victor Lundqvist succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 43rd playminute. In the 45th minute, Selebi-Phikwe's Benedicto Atarratze ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Amador Paublo. Amador Paublo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. 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 3-0.

The wind increased when Benedicto Atarratze made the kick off in the second half. Mitch Lauwers made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Martínez Gullotta in the 51st minute. Circus BAF's Amador Paublo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Lundqvist in the 53rd minute of play. Amador Paublo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Lundqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. 58 minutes into the match, Circus BAF's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Lundqvist came free, but Amador Paublo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abubakar Al Abdullah in the 59th minute of play forced Selebi-Phikwe's goalkeeper Mitch Lauwers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Circus BAF's goal looked a bit too open when Rafik Oliwa came free, but Amador Paublo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victor Lundqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Selebi-Phikwe made a substitution. Louis-Philippe Pelsmaeckers replaced Benedicto Atarratze. Circus BAF's Amador Paublo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Lundqvist in the 68th minute of play. Victor Nelson hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Victor Nelson hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 78th match minute, Circus BAF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdel Masoud Ghannouchi to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Lundqvist in the 80th minute of play forced Circus BAF's goalkeeper Amador Paublo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Circus BAF defense, Rafik Oliwa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Amador Paublo. The Circus BAF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Amador Paublo should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kobe Mesmaeckers in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mitch Lauwers prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kobe Mesmaeckers in the 87th minute of play forced Selebi-Phikwe's goalkeeper Mitch Lauwers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Liu Hao Zheng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 88 played minutes, Selebi-Phikwe's Victor Nelson shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Amador Paublo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Selebi-Phikwe reached it. Selebi-Phikwe's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.