Official Cup

New Wilmington Park
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The Yellow Flag fans' excitement grew in the 7th match minute when Yellow Flag's Baba Alba looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Rex Pearson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Isac Spiridon's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. In the 18th minute Baba Alba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rex Pearson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Baba Alba left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Yellow Flag fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. If Baba Alba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Baba Alba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Chick-fil-a's Rex Pearson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baba Alba in the 27th minute of play. After some careless play in the Chick-fil-a defense, Baba Alba kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rex Pearson. The Chick-fil-a fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rex Pearson should have stopped the shot. In the 35thth minute of the game Isac Spiridon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chick-fil-a's Rex Pearson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Baba Alba managed to get in a good position for a shot. Yellow Flag's supporters rose to their feet, but Baba Alba was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rex Pearson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Isac Spiridon scored 0-6 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rex Pearson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 42 minutes, the score became 0-7 when Baba Alba sped through Chick-fil-a's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rex Pearson. Rex Pearson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucian Petruț, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Isac Spiridon to make the kick off. Rex Pearson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baba Alba in the 54th minute of play. The attack was good, but when Isac Spiridon in the 57th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. 61 minutes into the game, Isac Spiridon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Rex Pearson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 64 minutes of play, Yellow Flag's Baba Alba made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rex Pearson was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 67th minute, Isac Spiridon fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Rex Pearson, passed just outside the right post. Through an outstanding action, after 68 minutes, Rex Pearson successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Rex Pearson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Isac Spiridon's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Rex Pearson was a little too slow when Isac Spiridon got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 74th minute. The score was now 0-11. In the 81st minute, Baba Alba ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rex Pearson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-13. Lucian Petruț sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Chick-fil-a were furious when Tobias Schumacher was red carded, 87 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In a very dangerous position, a player in Chick-fil-a fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 86th minute. Penalty! In the 89th minute of the game, Yellow Flag got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. With a little luck, Chick-fil-a's Rex Pearson got control of the ball when Baba Alba tried to sneak it across the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, Yellow Flag's Baba Alba sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rex Pearson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Yellow Flag's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.