Official Cup

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 571 (Terracing: 429, Seating: 131, VIP seats: 11) Frederik Blaumüller made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 5thth minute of the game Tigran Kirakosyan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sporting Mambo's Florian De Vleeschauwere was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tigran Balayan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Behzat Hazer in the 7th minute of the match. After 8 minutes Khachatryan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antony Rodrigues who took care of the corner kick. In the 12th minute, Behzat Hazer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tigran Balayan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Florian De Vleeschauwere made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Merlin Castro in the 15th minute of play. After 17 minutes of play, Khachatryan's Merlin Castro made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Florian De Vleeschauwere was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Sporting Mambo's Florian De Vleeschauwere got control of the ball when Tigran Kirakosyan tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Behzat Hazer in the 20th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Tigran Balayan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 21 played minutes Khachatryan got a freekick which was hit by Marquis Kenny. Merlin Castro's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Florian De Vleeschauwere firmly grabbed it by the left post. A hard shot 29 in the game by Merlin Castro from a close distance when the talented Florian De Vleeschauwere managed to make a qualified save. Sporting Mambo's players were relieved. Khachatryan were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after Sporting Mambo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Albert Paulíny took the corner. In the 33rd minute, Hu Wei Shu fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Florian De Vleeschauwere, passed just outside the right post. Merlin Castro in the 33rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Florian De Vleeschauwere, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 43 minutes into the game, Hu Wei Shu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Khachatryan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sporting Mambo the free kick. After a rather tough play, Khachatryan's Hu Wei Shu got a free kick in the 43rd minute. In the 45th minute Merlin Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian De Vleeschauwere saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wincenty Ranowiecki's late challenge caught a Khachatryan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wincenty Ranowiecki helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th match minute, Sporting Mambo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wincenty Ranowiecki to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 50th minute of the match, managed to save Khachatryan from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Sporting Mambo's Frederik Blaumüller got a free kick in the 52nd minute. After a rather tough play, Sporting Mambo's Arnold De Raemaekers got a free kick in the 54th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sung McKinley in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Florian De Vleeschauwere saved Sporting Mambo from getting behind. Hu Wei Shu scored 3-1 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Florian De Vleeschauwere, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Khachatryan's Grigor Grigoryan was substituted for Tigran Kirakosyan. Khachatryan's Petros Oganesyan was substituted for Anton Florei. Sporting Mambo made a substitution. Jordi De Mesemaekre replaced Eric Mattsson. The audience was convinced that Merlin Castro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Florian De Vleeschauwere was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. With a little luck, Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan got control of the ball when Jordi De Mesemaekre tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 70th minute, Vano Alania hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sporting Mambo's Rajmond Petris was substituted for Constant Maerschalk. Vano Alania kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Sporting Mambo's zone, Bin Baresi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Florian De Vleeschauwere came out of the goal and Bin Baresi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 80th minute Sung McKinley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian De Vleeschauwere saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81stth minute of the game Sung McKinley who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sporting Mambo's Florian De Vleeschauwere was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sung McKinley in the 83rd minute of play forced Sporting Mambo's goalkeeper Florian De Vleeschauwere to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Florian De Vleeschauwere took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Merlin Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Behzat Hazer, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Sung McKinley's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Florian De Vleeschauwere read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Sporting Mambo's goal looked a bit too open when Sung McKinley came free, but Florian De Vleeschauwere reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute Sung McKinley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian De Vleeschauwere saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Khachatryan's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.