Official Cup

Emaηski Arena
Spectators: 562 (Terracing: 423, Seating: 129, VIP seats: 10) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 姚然军 took the kick off in the first half of the match. Karol Pierz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deng Chang Xu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 5 minutes RED BLUE STAR's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Thomas Steffens who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Emaηski F.C Reborη's corner Thomas Steffens fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Karol Pierz quite easily take care of the ball. Deng Chang Xu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Karol Pierz came out and tried to block the shot, but Deng Chang Xu slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 9th minute. 13 minutes into the match, Emaηski F.C Reborη's goal looked a bit too open when Sorin Manciu came free, but Jairo Hurko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jairo Hurko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 姚然军, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute, Deng Chang Xu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Karol Pierz. The goal made the score 2-0. Deng Chang Xu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 22nd minute, Deng Chang Xu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Emaηski F.C Reborη fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sorin Manciu in the 24th minute of play forced Emaηski F.C Reborη's goalkeeper Jairo Hurko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute Sorin Manciu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jairo Hurko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Budisav Mićunović in the 26th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by RED BLUE STAR's Leszek Pankiewicz. Deng Chang Xu succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-0 in the 28th playminute. Karol Pierz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Deng Chang Xu went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. In the 45th match minute, Emaηski F.C Reborη was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Budisav Mićunović to maneuver through the defense. Emaηski F.C Reborη's Budisav Mićunović managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Leszek Pankiewicz in the 47 minute of the game. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Deng Chang Xu made the kick off in the second half. Mark Pettifer was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 55 minutes into the match. 55 minutes into the game, one of Emaηski F.C Reborη:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. RED BLUE STAR's Karol Pierz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deng Chang Xu in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deng Chang Xu in the 61st minute of play forced RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Karol Pierz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karol Pierz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Deng Chang Xu's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. 66 minutes into the game, Budisav Mićunović threw the ball into play from the sideline. RED BLUE STAR's Leszek Pankiewicz quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Karol Pierz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deng Chang Xu, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. 68 minutes into the match, Deng Chang Xu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Karol Pierz. RED BLUE STAR's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Deng Chang Xu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Emaηski F.C Reborη's Szabolcs Schimmer was substituted for Urban Ekström. Emaηski F.C Reborη made a substitution. Gaz Abbott replaced Valerius Ginsberg. In the 72nd minute, James Butler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by 姚然军 in the 75th minute of play forced Emaηski F.C Reborη's goalkeeper Jairo Hurko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Thomas Steffens almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but RED BLUE STAR's Karol Pierz did a great save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eugen Văleanu got free with Jairo Hurko in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 83rd minute, Michael Boy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Karol Pierz was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. 88 minutes into the game, Emaηski F.C Reborη's Michael Boy nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Karol Pierz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. In the 92ndth minute of the game Michael Boy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RED BLUE STAR's Karol Pierz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 93rd minute Emaηski F.C Reborη were awarded a corner. Thomas Steffens went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Thomas Steffens got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Karol Pierz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 96 minutes into the match, RED BLUE STAR's goal looked a bit too open when Michael Boy came free, but Karol Pierz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 98th minute, Răzvan Spineanu 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. James Butler kicked well hit freekick during the 99th minute of the match.

Emaηski F.C Reborη's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.