Official Cup

Quang Ngai
Spectators: 192 (Terracing: 145, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) Gruffen Gibson started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the game, Tremayne Chandler was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Eternal FLame's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Dalin the free kick. The supporters of FC Dalin booed when Eternal FLame was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tremayne Chandler didn't get a good kick on the ball. A nice corner shot did that Huỳnh Thuy got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Juan Maore quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 12 played minutes, FC Dalin's Huỳnh Thuy shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Juan Maore came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Dalin reached it. In the 20th minute Iago Dowser shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hoàng Nghiêm-Minh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Eternal FLame's goalkeeper Juan Maore had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thorvald Mansel. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Eternal FLame's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Huỳnh Thuy was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Dalin's players had a chance to rest. FC Dalin's Võ Bien was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Juan Maore in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Juan Maore showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thorvald Mansel, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gruffen Gibson in the 31st minute of play forced FC Dalin's goalkeeper Hoàng Nghiêm-Minh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 32 minutes FC Dalin's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cadell Blencow who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Cadell Blencow almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Dalin's Hoàng Nghiêm-Minh did a great save. 34 minutes into the game, Trần Ritchell cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Juan Maore was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 38 minutes in the game, Thorvald Mansel fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Juan Maore having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, Eternal FLame's goal looked a bit too open when Trần Ritchell came free, but Juan Maore reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Juan Maore showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trần Ritchell in the 43rd minute of the match. With an all-out effort, FC Dalin's Juan Maore threw himself towards the right post 46 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Thorvald Mansel, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Juan Maore didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Thorvald Mansel went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Thorvald Mansel to make the kick off. Cadfan Bruce kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Eternal FLame's Iago Dowser got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 55th minute, Thorvald Mansel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Dalin fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Juan Maore came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Dalin's Huỳnh Thuy. But to his dismay, Huỳnh Thuy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Eternal FLame's Juan Maore played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thorvald Mansel in the 62nd minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, FC Dalin's Thorvald Mansel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Juan Maore narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Thorvald Mansel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juan Maore was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Võ Bien fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juan Maore having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Trần Ritchell during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Juan Maore showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thorvald Mansel in the 73rd minute of the match. Juan Maore stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Huỳnh Thuy's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. After a rather tough play, FC Dalin's Telmo Baiano got a free kick in the 79th minute. Cadell Blencow struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Hoàng Nghiêm-Minh didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Eternal FLame. Juan Maore took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trần Ritchell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juan Maore showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Huỳnh Thuy, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Juan Maore made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Võ Bien in the 89th minute of play. In the 91st minute Thorvald Mansel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Maore saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Dalin's Thorvald Mansel got a free kick in the 91st minute. 93 minutes into the match, FC Dalin's goalkeeper Hoàng Nghiêm-Minh had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Glew Wainwright. FC Dalin walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.