Prized/Friendly Cup

Ampthill Park
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Benedito de Sousa made the kick off which started today's match. Benedito de Sousa might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Argyris Loukoumakis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Benedito de Sousa ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 12th minute Benedito de Sousa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Argyris Loukoumakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute, Benedito de Sousa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Argyris Loukoumakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Ali Numan Abanoz made in the 21st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Li Hai Yan. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedito de Sousa in the 27th minute of play forced Ampthill FC's goalkeeper Argyris Loukoumakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29th minute Li Hai Yan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alkan Soysaltürk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute of the match Ampthill FC got a corner. DONPATO's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Zane Woodhall ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Li Hai Yan managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After the first half DONPATO were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Li Hai Yan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ampthill FC's Zane Woodhall managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Manuel Cordarin in the 62 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedito de Sousa in the 63rd minute of play forced Ampthill FC's goalkeeper Argyris Loukoumakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Li Hai Yan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Li Hai Yan in the 67th minute of play forced DONPATO's goalkeeper Alkan Soysaltürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Benedito de Sousa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ampthill FC made a substitution. Allan Winship replaced Li Hai Yan. After having played for 78 minutes, Allan Winship managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ampthill FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Allan Winship was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. DONPATO's Emiliano Mikelar was substituted for Lambis Tsekouras. Timoteo Dalmau's late challenge caught a Ampthill FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Timoteo Dalmau helped the player get up and apologised. Timoteo Dalmau kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. If Allan Winship had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 90th minute Allan Winship shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alkan Soysaltürk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alkan Soysaltürk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Allan Winship in the 94th minute of the match. In the 94th minute Allan Winship shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alkan Soysaltürk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Ampthill FC lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.