Official Cup

Van
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nial Peyton started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Çetin Teber in the 12th minute of play forced Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Güralp Uğurtan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panos Tsabis in the 13th minute of play forced Van SK's goalkeeper Mehmet Halis Şensoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mehmet Halis Şensoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theagenis Theodorakoglou in the 18th minute of the match. After 18 minutes, Nial Peyton made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Van SK's Mehmet Halis Şensoy tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 22 minutes of play, Kolopetinitsa's Panos Tsabis made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mehmet Halis Şensoy was left in no man's land by his defense there! 25 minutes into the game, Prince Barnard was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Van SK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kolopetinitsa the free kick. In the 25th match minute, Van SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Prince Barnard to maneuver through the defense. Luk Pieters shot a long shot in the 26th minute and a light blocked Mehmet Halis Şensoy hadn't a chance when the ball went into goal on his right side. It was 0-4. Panagiotis Kaliasis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Van SK's Mehmet Halis Şensoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nial Peyton in the 29th minute of play. Theagenis Theodorakoglou recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mehmet Halis Şensoy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nial Peyton's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. A collision led to Van SK getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Çetin Teber hit a great ball. Mehmet Halis Şensoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nial Peyton in the 37th minute of the match. Panagiotis Kaliasis scored 0-6 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mehmet Halis Şensoy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 45 played minutes Van SK got a freekick which was hit by Arif Oğuz Ömürcan. Theagenis Theodorakoglou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kutluay Hekimbaşı was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Panagiotis Kaliasis notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Van SK's Mehmet Halis Şensoy. Mehmet Halis Şensoy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 54th minute Theagenis Theodorakoglou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehmet Halis Şensoy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, Nial Peyton notched a goal, 0-9, to the right of Van SK's Mehmet Halis Şensoy. Mehmet Halis Şensoy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nial Peyton hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Mehmet Halis Şensoy came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Kolopetinitsa's Nial Peyton. But to his dismay, Nial Peyton quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. Güralp Uğurtan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kutluay Hekimbaşı, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mehmet Halis Şensoy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Panos Tsabis went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. Nial Peyton recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Giorgos Kouklakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mehmet Halis Şensoy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Giorgos Kouklakis ran back to his position shaking his head. 0-12 became the score in the 76th minute when Nial Peyton elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Mehmet Halis Şensoy was a little too slow when Luk Pieters got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 79th minute. The score was now 0-13. With a little luck, Van SK's Mehmet Halis Şensoy got control of the ball when Panos Tsabis tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Van SK's Mehmet Halis Şensoy got control of the ball when Panos Tsabis tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 86 minutes, Panagiotis Kaliasis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kolopetinitsa's supporters crossed their fingers, but Panagiotis Kaliasis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mehmet Halis Şensoy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nial Peyton, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. If Theagenis Theodorakoglou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kolopetinitsa's Güralp Uğurtan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kutluay Hekimbaşı in the 92nd minute of play. In the 95th minute, Kolopetinitsa's Nial Peyton dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-14. The Van SK fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Kolopetinitsa were clearly better and deserved to take the win.