Official Cup

Highfield
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dimitar Berbatov made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to The Tigers getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Huey Duffy hit a great ball. Tim Johnstone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitar Berbatov in the 4th minute of the match. A collision led to Crusaders of Dark getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Dochko Razpopov hit a great ball. Dimitar Berbatov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 11 minutes of play, Crusaders of Dark's Dimitar Berbatov made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tim Johnstone was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Huey Duffy fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored The Tigers's protests and gave Huey Duffy a yellow card for diving instead. In the 13th minute, Huey Duffy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 21st minute, Dimitar Berbatov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tim Johnstone was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Tim Johnstone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitar Berbatov in the 24th minute of play. Eligio Rojas's late challenge caught a The Tigers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eligio Rojas helped the player get up and apologised. Eligio Rojas kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Tim Johnstone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitar Berbatov in the 37th minute of play. Dimitar Berbatov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tim Johnstone having to interfere. Owen Noble's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Totyo Popisakov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 46th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carl Downes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The Tigers's Huey Duffy got his second yellow card of the match in the 53rd minute. The referee ordered Huey Duffy off the ground. Huey Duffy kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. 57 minutes into the match, The Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Eivind Lundemo came free, but Tim Johnstone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Dimitar Berbatov took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Tim Johnstone to make any attempt to save it. Andre Parrott kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Crusaders of Dark's Ildefonso Orlondo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Owen Noble, made in the 67th minute of the game. 68 minutes into the match, The Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitar Berbatov came free, but Tim Johnstone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dimitar Berbatov in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tim Johnstone saved The Tigers from getting behind. Crusaders of Dark's Dimitar Berbatov was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 72nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 82nd minute, Dimitar Berbatov 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. Dimitar Berbatov struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Tim Johnstone didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Crusaders of Dark. Dimitar Berbatov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Tim Johnstone tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Crusaders of Dark's Dochko Razpopov managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Owen Noble in the 93 minute of the game. When the match was over Crusaders of Dark could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than The Tigers throughout the match.