Official Cup

Babbis Chatzios DPLD
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Xiao Yu Chao started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute Robert Collen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menios Chloros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 7 minutes into the game, Carles Pujol lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Uğuralp Vasfi. Uğuralp Vasfi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nedim Emekli in the 10th minute. KOO Tigers's Alfonso Cordario managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jared Blum in the 11 minute of the game. A collision led to Mean Machine getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Boruc Smolak hit a great ball. Mean Machine's Menios Chloros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emin Bayram in the 14th minute of play. Carles Pujol who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 16thth minute tested the skills of Uğuralp Vasfi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Uğuralp Vasfi made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Carles Pujol sent off a good shot on target. 21 minutes into the match, KOO Tigers's Robert Collen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Menios Chloros narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to KOO Tigers getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Alfonso Cordario hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carles Pujol in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Uğuralp Vasfi saved KOO Tigers from getting behind. Menios Chloros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Collen in the 30th minute of play. Robert Collen scored 2-2 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Menios Chloros, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Carles Pujol scored 3-2 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Uğuralp Vasfi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. KOO Tigers's Uğuralp Vasfi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miltos Makris in the 40th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, KOO Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Makris came free, but Uğuralp Vasfi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. KOO Tigers's Uğuralp Vasfi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save KOO Tigers from getting a goal against them. Xiao Yu Chao kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. 47 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Collen came free, but Menios Chloros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nedim Emekli was the one to do the kick off. Uğuralp Vasfi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miltos Makris in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 54th minute, Azmi Bilkan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Mean Machine's Nikos Stasinos tried to score from far away in the 54th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carles Pujol in the 56th minute of play forced KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Uğuralp Vasfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Uğuralp Vasfi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carles Pujol, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Robert Collen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mean Machine made a substitution. Nikos Kioupouroglou replaced Miltos Makris. Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nedim Emekli in the 65th minute of play. Uğuralp Vasfi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carles Pujol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. KOO Tigers's Uğuralp Vasfi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carles Pujol in the 70th minute of play. Robert Collen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Menios Chloros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 75th minute Robert Collen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menios Chloros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Collen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Menios Chloros having to interfere. Jared Blum made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by KOO Tigers's Roberto-Carlos Björklund. Carles Pujol took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Uğuralp Vasfi. Uğuralp Vasfi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. Mean Machine walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.