Official Cup

Sumidagawa
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edmund Vaik got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Krzyworzeka SA booed when East Tokyo United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robin Hood didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmund Vaik in the 5th minute of play forced Krzyworzeka SA's goalkeeper Julian Merski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute East Tokyo United were awarded a corner. Arsenio Tibalt went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Robin Hood almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Krzyworzeka SA's Julian Merski did a great save. Julian Merski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmund Vaik in the 18th minute of the match. When Armando Nicolini came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the East Tokyo United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Armando Nicolini couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Krzyworzeka SA getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Kacper Turak hit a great ball. Marcelo Toribio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Wallengren in the 36th minute of the match. In the 37th minute of the match, Armando Nicolini tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Julian Merski saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Marcelo Toribio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Wallengren in the 41st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Robin Hood's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julian Merski was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Julian Merski made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Edmund Vaik sent off a good shot on target. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Julian Merski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robin Hood, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 55 minutes into the match, East Tokyo United's goal looked a bit too open when Witold Duszenski came free, but Marcelo Toribio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 56th minute Arsenio Tibalt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julian Merski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kacper Turak's late challenge caught a East Tokyo United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kacper Turak helped the player get up and apologised. In the 57th match minute, Krzyworzeka SA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kacper Turak to maneuver through the defense. Julian Merski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Nicolini in the 60th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Krzyworzeka SA's goal looked a bit too open when Edmund Vaik came free, but Julian Merski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Armando Nicolini in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julian Merski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Robin Hood took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julian Merski. Julian Merski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. 76 minutes into the match, Armando Nicolini had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julian Merski. Krzyworzeka SA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Armando Nicolini was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Kacper Turak was shown his second yellow card after 79 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 80th minute, Kacper Turak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Nicolini in the 81st minute of play forced Krzyworzeka SA's goalkeeper Julian Merski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julian Merski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmund Vaik, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. A collision led to Krzyworzeka SA getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Robert Wallengren hit a great ball. After 87 played minutes Krzyworzeka SA got a freekick which was hit by Patryk Rosiewicz. After a defensive mix-up in Krzyworzeka SA's zone, Robin Hood stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julian Merski came out of the goal and Robin Hood 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 Armando Nicolini in the 93rd minute of play forced Krzyworzeka SA's goalkeeper Julian Merski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute East Tokyo United were awarded a corner. Arsenio Tibalt went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Arsenio Tibalt almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Krzyworzeka SA's Julian Merski did a great save.