Official Cup

Jurong East Stadium
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Hamir Keng made the kick off and thus started the match. Hamir Keng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Ladislav Lomnický tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Daniel Malinovský put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Merlin Abisheganaden. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Daniel Malinovský managed to get in a good position for a shot. UFC Pivnica's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Malinovský was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Merlin Abisheganaden breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hamir Keng's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ladislav Lomnický read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. Martin Višňovský scored 1-2 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Merlin Abisheganaden, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Merlin Abisheganaden stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Daniel Malinovský's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. Sven Gauweiler kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After having played for 24 minutes, Daniel Malinovský managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. UFC Pivnica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Malinovský was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Albirex Niigata FC's Merlin Abisheganaden played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislav Záruba in the 25th minute of play. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Albirex Niigata FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antón Lackovič was slow to take the kick. During this time UFC Pivnica's players had a chance to rest. In the 28th minute, Daniel Malinovský left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UFC Pivnica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Merlin Abisheganaden showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Malinovský in the 31st minute of the match. Merlin Abisheganaden showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Záruba in the 33rd minute of the match. Merlin Abisheganaden stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Daniel Malinovský's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute, Daniel Malinovský ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Merlin Abisheganaden was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. 40 minutes into the match, Viktor Kasarda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Merlin Abisheganaden. Albirex Niigata FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Viktor Kasarda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Faris Laycock's late challenge caught a UFC Pivnica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Faris Laycock helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Albirex Niigata FC getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Faris Laycock hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Malinovský to make the kick off. Ladislav Lomnický showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hamir Keng in the 52nd minute of the match. Daniel Malinovský made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 54thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Merlin Abisheganaden would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. Daniel Malinovský received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Merlin Abisheganaden tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 58 minutes, Martin Višňovský managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. UFC Pivnica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martin Višňovský was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 64 minutes into the match, Albirex Niigata FC's goalkeeper Merlin Abisheganaden had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Malinovský. In the 69th minute, UFC Pivnica's Daniel Malinovský ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Merlin Abisheganaden. Merlin Abisheganaden yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-8. In the 73rd minute Hamir Keng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ladislav Lomnický saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniel Malinovský received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Merlin Abisheganaden tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 82 minutes into the game, UFC Pivnica's Martin Višňovský nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Merlin Abisheganaden made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-9. Daniel Malinovský's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 90thth minute, Merlin Abisheganaden skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Višňovský in the 92nd minute of play forced Albirex Niigata FC's goalkeeper Merlin Abisheganaden to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd match minute, UFC Pivnica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Viktor Kasarda to maneuver through the defense. In the 95th match minute, UFC Pivnica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Višňovský to maneuver through the defense. UFC Pivnica played a much better game than Albirex Niigata FC and deserved their victory. The Albirex Niigata FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.