Official Cup

Grivata Arena
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Michael Laudrup started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, FC Grivata's Ivan Kalugerov got a free kick in the 4th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Fluminense di Parma's Benjamim Carioca tried to score from far away in the 5th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 6th minute, Kalin Bonovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fluminense di Parma's Basílio Xavier proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Fluminense di Parma from getting a goal against them. Ivan Kalugerov kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Fluminense di Parma were furious when José Paulo Ramalho was red carded, 17 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. A collision led to Fluminense di Parma getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. José Paulo Ramalho hit a great ball. FC Grivata's Ivan Grivekov got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 23rd minute, Germano Cano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Fluminense di Parma's Germano Cano got a free kick in the 25th minute. After having played for 28 minutes, Michael Laudrup managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Grivata's supporters crossed their fingers, but Michael Laudrup was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fluminense di Parma's Basílio Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michael Laudrup in the 29th minute of play. Germain Cano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Basílio Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Laudrup in the 34th minute of the match. Fluminense di Parma's Basílio Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kalin Bonovski in the 35th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in FC Grivata's zone, Germain Cano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thomas Sørensen came out of the goal and Germain Cano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 45 minutes into the match, Fluminense di Parma's goalkeeper Basílio Xavier had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kristiyan Barov. The supporters of Fluminense di Parma booed when FC Grivata was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivan Kalugerov didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Germain Cano to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of FC Grivata booed when Fluminense di Parma was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Celso Pena didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Laudrup in the 58th minute of play forced Fluminense di Parma's goalkeeper Basílio Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Basílio Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristiyan Barov in the 61st minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Fluminense di Parma's goal looked a bit too open when Michael Laudrup came free, but Basílio Xavier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ivan Kalugerov's late challenge caught a Fluminense di Parma's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivan Kalugerov helped the player get up and apologised. After 64 played minutes FC Grivata got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Kalugerov. A collision led to FC Grivata getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Ivan Kalugerov hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Laudrup in the 72nd minute of play forced Fluminense di Parma's goalkeeper Basílio Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th match minute, Fluminense di Parma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by German Cano to maneuver through the defense. Luís Paulo Fonseca kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 82nd match minute, Fluminense di Parma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Germano Cano to maneuver through the defense. Basílio Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Laudrup in the 84th minute of the match. Basílio Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristiyan Barov in the 86th minute of the match. After 88 played minutes Fluminense di Parma got a freekick which was hit by Benjamim Carioca. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kristiyan Barov in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Basílio Xavier saved Fluminense di Parma from getting behind. After 97 minutes, Kristiyan Barov made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Fluminense di Parma's Basílio Xavier tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. FC Grivata's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.