Official Cup

Kalahari Desert
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcin Cebula got the match started through his kick off. 13 minutes into the match, Meerkats FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kenan Ott came free, but Fredric Hansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Meerkats FC's Fredric Hansson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Cebula in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Meerkats FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pascal Trefzer was slow to take the kick. During this time Motala AIF's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Pascal Trefzer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fredric Hansson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 18 minutes into the match, Meerkats FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Skarkman came free, but Fredric Hansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Bernard Degabriele took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Adriano Tolin to make any attempt to save it. Adriano Tolin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bernard Degabriele's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. After 27 minutes, Bernard Degabriele made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Motala AIF's Adriano Tolin tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Fredric Hansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcin Cebula in the 35th minute of the match. Motala AIF's Adriano Tolin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Debono in the 37th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, Marcin Cebula had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fredric Hansson. Meerkats FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcin Cebula was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 42nd minute, Sebastian Lope 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. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bernard Degabriele made a kick off. Christopher Bugelli's late challenge caught a Motala AIF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Christopher Bugelli helped the player get up and apologised. After 58 played minutes Meerkats FC got a freekick which was hit by Christopher Bugelli. 59 minutes into the match, Tony Skarkman notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Meerkats FC's Fredric Hansson. Fredric Hansson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Adriano Tolin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernard Degabriele in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 64th minute Marcin Cebula shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fredric Hansson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Motala AIF's goalkeeper Adriano Tolin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Adriano Tolin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Debono, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. When Jean Carl Rizzo fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Meerkats FC's protests and gave Jean Carl Rizzo a yellow card for diving instead. After 70 played minutes Meerkats FC got a freekick which was hit by Jean Carl Rizzo. A collision led to Motala AIF getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Kenan Ott hit a great ball. In the 76th minute, Tony Skarkman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fredric Hansson. The goal made the score 2-4. Tony Skarkman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Fredric Hansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fredric Hansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Lope in the 85th minute of the match. Adriano Tolin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Debono, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Fredric Hansson was a little too slow when Marcin Cebula got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 89th minute. The score was now 2-5. If Sandro Wolfinger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle sounded Motala AIF left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Meerkats FC.