Official Cup

Crystal Lawn
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Benedykt Lanczak started the match with the kick off. Stephen Barber's late challenge caught a Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stephen Barber helped the player get up and apologised. 4 minutes into the game, one of Crystal Lawns:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Crystal Lawns:s Willis Kirkland showed great skill when he stopped Mikayıl Malişov:s penalty. Onur-Recep Kıvrak made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Corey Kidd sent off a good shot on target. The throw-in from Terry Sanford in the 13th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Ferdi Eriş. Willis Kirkland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilias Panoulias in the 14th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Ilias Panoulias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Willis Kirkland was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Willis Kirkland took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ilias Panoulias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18thth minute of the game Ilias Panoulias who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Crystal Lawns's Willis Kirkland was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Terry Sanford made in the 20th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Corey Kidd immediately put the ball in play. In the 21st minute, Ilias Panoulias left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. If Ilias Panoulias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Willis Kirkland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilias Panoulias in the 24th minute of play. Crystal Lawns's Willis Kirkland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Hamdi Baran in the 26th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilias Panoulias in the 29th minute of play forced Crystal Lawns's goalkeeper Willis Kirkland to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Willis Kirkland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilias Panoulias in the 31st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ilias Panoulias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Willis Kirkland was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ilias Panoulias in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Willis Kirkland saved Crystal Lawns from getting behind. After 35 minutes of play, Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Ilias Panoulias made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Willis Kirkland was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ilias Panoulias might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Willis Kirkland. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ilias Panoulias ran back to his position shaking his head. Willis Kirkland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilias Panoulias in the 39th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Ilias Panoulias sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Willis Kirkland narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 42 minutes into the game, Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Ilias Panoulias nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Willis Kirkland made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. In the 45th minute, Ilias Panoulias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Willis Kirkland was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5.

The wind increased when Drew Durham made the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Ilias Panoulias slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Willis Kirkland. That made the score 0-6 after 52 minutes of play. Crystal Lawns's Willis Kirkland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ilias Panoulias in the 56th minute of play. Ilias Panoulias could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Willis Kirkland made a huge save. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Ahmet Harun Siraceddin was substituted for Radu Stegaru. A collision led to Crystal Lawns getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Stephen Barber hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Crystal Lawns's zone, Mikayıl Malişov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Willis Kirkland came out of the goal and Mikayıl Malişov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Willis Kirkland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilias Panoulias in the 66th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Ilias Panoulias dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Willis Kirkland, 0-7. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ilias Panoulias in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Willis Kirkland prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Ilias Panoulias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ilias Panoulias got free with Willis Kirkland in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 80 minutes into the match, Crystal Lawns's goalkeeper Willis Kirkland had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ilias Panoulias. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Crystal Lawns's goalkeeper Willis Kirkland, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Reginald Person fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Crystal Lawns's protests and gave Reginald Person a yellow card for diving instead. Reginald Person kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. In the 86th minute, Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Ilias Panoulias ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Willis Kirkland. Willis Kirkland yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. Ilias Panoulias came free with the goalkeeper in the 91st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Willis Kirkland could save by the left post. Terry Sanford was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 93 minutes into the match. A collision led to Crystal Lawns getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Terry Sanford hit a great ball.