Official Cup

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) In the 13th match minute, FC Draconia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michael De Leger to maneuver through the defense. FC Draconia's Olaleye Mbo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Betinho Custódio, made in the 19th minute of the game. With a little luck, Red Chicken Football's Manoel Hoffmann got control of the ball when Liu Ming Jian tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tomé Garcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 28 played minutes Michael De Leger rounded Red Chicken Football's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. Manoel Hoffmann didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Draconia's Liu Ming Jian shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match clock showed 41 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Cornelis Goorts sped through Red Chicken Football's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Manoel Hoffmann. 46 minutes into the match, Red Chicken Football's goal looked a bit too open when Cornelis Goorts came free, but Manoel Hoffmann reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomé Garcia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Denis Serebryanikov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Draconia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Red Chicken Football the free kick. Denis Serebryanikov hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Cornelis Goorts fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manoel Hoffmann having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Liu Ming Jian's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manoel Hoffmann was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. After 63 minutes, Michael De Leger made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. Red Chicken Football's Manoel Hoffmann tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Maurinho Lira made in the 67th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which César Gaúcho however managed to control. Manoel Hoffmann showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robbin Dirickx in the 69th minute of the match. In the 70th minute of the match FC Draconia got a corner. Red Chicken Football's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Denis Serebryanikov ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Denis Serebryanikov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Manoel Hoffmann quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 72 minutes into the match, Red Chicken Football's goal looked a bit too open when Michael De Leger came free, but Manoel Hoffmann reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manoel Hoffmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael De Leger, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 73 minutes into the match, Michael De Leger had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manoel Hoffmann. Red Chicken Football's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Michael De Leger was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. The attack was good, but when Cornelis Goorts in the 77th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cornelis Goorts in the 79th minute of play forced Red Chicken Football's goalkeeper Manoel Hoffmann to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Denis Serebryanikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Draconia's Olaleye Mbo managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Betinho Custódio in the 84 minute of the game. Manoel Hoffmann showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liu Ming Jian in the 86th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, Red Chicken Football's goal looked a bit too open when Michael De Leger came free, but Manoel Hoffmann reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Red Chicken Football's zone, Michael De Leger stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manoel Hoffmann came out of the goal and Michael De Leger tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liu Ming Jian in the 91st minute of play forced Red Chicken Football's goalkeeper Manoel Hoffmann to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Red Chicken Football defense, Liu Ming Jian kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manoel Hoffmann. The Red Chicken Football fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manoel Hoffmann should have stopped the shot. There was no doubt that FC Draconia were the better team. FC Draconia's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.