Prized/Friendly Cup

Bahcesaray FK
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Predators's Afiz Phua started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Predators getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Gylippus Nikolakakos hit a great ball. In the 15th minute Diego Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Semir Jakubović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Sporting de Gijón's Óscar Cordoba got control of the ball when Özgür Üstüner tried to sneak it across the goal line. Predators's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gylippus Nikolakakos in the 19th minute. Predators's Semir Jakubović played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matias Bilintx in the 23rd minute of play. A collision led to Predators getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Gylippus Nikolakakos hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute, Afiz Phua ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Óscar Cordoba was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 36th minute Diego Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Semir Jakubović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Predators getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Tümer Gülsoy hit a great ball. If Özgür Üstüner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Semir Jakubović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matias Bilintx in the 44th minute of play. Özgür Üstüner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Óscar Cordoba having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Matias Bilintx made the kick off in the second half. Semir Jakubović showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Óscar Cordoba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Özgür Üstüner in the 53rd minute of play. A collision led to Sporting de Gijón getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Eustacio Loiola hit a great ball. Óscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afiz Phua in the 55th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Afiz Phua's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Óscar Cordoba was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Predators's Semir Jakubović played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Maradona in the 62nd minute of play. Óscar Cordoba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afiz Phua in the 66th minute of play. A collision led to Predators getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Atalay Ekinoğlu hit a great ball. Semir Jakubović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Maradona in the 70th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Sporting de Gijón's goal looked a bit too open when Afiz Phua came free, but Óscar Cordoba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tümer Gülsoy in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Óscar Cordoba prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Esteban Ekaitz charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Esteban Ekaitz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Sporting de Gijón made a substitution. Atilano Feo replaced Carlo Crema. A collision led to Sporting de Gijón getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Esteban Ekaitz hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Çakır Yağızbay managed to get in a good position for a shot. Predators's supporters rose to their feet, but Çakır Yağızbay was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Óscar Cordoba breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Semir Jakubović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matias Bilintx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Sporting de Gijón players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Predators from taking control. The game ends in a draw.