Official Cup

Dragons Nest
Spectators: 208 (Terracing: 156, Seating: 48, VIP seats: 4) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Klim Muravev started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Filipp Debabov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Caspiy and the Sliema Dragons FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 3 played minutes FC Caspiy got a freekick which was hit by Filipp Debabov. Isaac Grimaud scored 1-0 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Petr Putyatin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Isaac Grimaud could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Petr Putyatin made a huge save. In the 9th minute, Ivan Hyzler got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Antoine Gilson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klim Muravev in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute, Isaac Grimaud left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sliema Dragons FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Petr Putyatin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ryan Grima in the 20th minute of play. Petr Putyatin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ryan Grima went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Antoine Gilson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klim Muravev in the 27th minute of the match. Petr Putyatin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ryan Grima, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Isaac Grimaud took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Petr Putyatin. Petr Putyatin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tyrone Casha in the 34th minute of play forced FC Caspiy's goalkeeper Petr Putyatin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petr Putyatin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isaac Grimaud in the 36th minute. Klim Muravev kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. In the 37th minute, Isaac Grimaud got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Petr Putyatin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ryan Grima, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Petr Putyatin made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Isaac Grimaud sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in FC Caspiy's zone, Ivan Hyzler stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Petr Putyatin came out of the goal and Ivan Hyzler tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Tyrone Casha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sliema Dragons FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Tyrone Casha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Petr Putyatin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

After 55 minutes of play, Sliema Dragons FC's Ivan Hyzler made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Petr Putyatin was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Sliema Dragons FC fans' excitement grew in the 60th match minute when Sliema Dragons FC's Ryan Grima looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 8-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tyrone Casha in the 63rd minute of play forced FC Caspiy's goalkeeper Petr Putyatin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 64 played minutes FC Caspiy got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Lisnyanskiy. 68 minutes into the game, Tyrone Casha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Petr Putyatin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. FC Caspiy's Petr Putyatin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ryan Grima in the 71st minute of play. Petr Putyatin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isaac Grimaud, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. In the 75th match minute, FC Caspiy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Klim Muravev to maneuver through the defense. If Ivan Hyzler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ryan Grima in the 80th minute of play forced FC Caspiy's goalkeeper Petr Putyatin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, FC Caspiy's Konstantin Moiseev got a free kick in the 84th minute. FC Caspiy's Filipp Debabov got his second yellow card of the match in the 86th minute. The referee ordered Filipp Debabov off the ground. Andrey Lisnyanskiy's late challenge caught a Sliema Dragons FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andrey Lisnyanskiy helped the player get up and apologised. After 89 played minutes FC Caspiy got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Lisnyanskiy. Petr Putyatin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isaac Grimaud, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Petr Putyatin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ryan Grima in the 95th minute of play. Sliema Dragons FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.