Official Cup

Ziya Özçakır Stadyum
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vivaldo Carmona took the kick off in the first half of the match. Yu Xi in the 3rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Luís Paulo Paraíba, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The audience was convinced that Baltazar Zonta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Herbert Tamulewicz was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. 19 minutes into the match, Real Cruzeiro FC's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Paraíba had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yu Xi. In the 21st minute Vivaldo Carmona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Tamulewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, H E P T A N FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vivaldo Carmona came free, but Herbert Tamulewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, H E P T A N FC's goal looked a bit too open when Baltazar Zonta came free, but Herbert Tamulewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute, H E P T A N FC's Macit Taşel dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Macit Taşel in the 32nd minute of play forced Real Cruzeiro FC's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yu Xi in the 36th minute of play forced Real Cruzeiro FC's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hüsmen Ulutaş hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, H E P T A N FC's Yu Xi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Yu Xi made a kick off. Herbert Tamulewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giuseppe de Queirós, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. 60 minutes into the match, Real Cruzeiro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Yu Xi came free, but Luís Paulo Paraíba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yu Xi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luís Paulo Paraíba came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by H E P T A N FC's Macit Taşel. But to his dismay, Macit Taşel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yu Xi in the 68th minute of play forced Real Cruzeiro FC's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the match, H E P T A N FC's goal looked a bit too open when Baltazar Zonta came free, but Herbert Tamulewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Yu Xi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The H E P T A N FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. If Yu Xi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 78th minute, Şafak Açıkalın made a precise shot to the right of Luís Paulo Paraíba. Real Cruzeiro FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. In the 81st minute Macit Taşel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Paulo Paraíba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute, Macit Taşel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luís Paulo Paraíba was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. If Yu Xi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Luís Paulo Paraíba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şafak Açıkalın in the 88th minute of play. After 90 played minutes Real Cruzeiro FC got a freekick which was hit by Júlio Arruda. Luís Paulo Paraíba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yu Xi in the 94th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Yu Xi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luís Paulo Paraíba. Real Cruzeiro FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yu Xi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. There was no doubt that H E P T A N FC were the better team. H E P T A N FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.