Official Cup

AY-YILDIZ ARENA
Spectators: 196 (Terracing: 148, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mala Kicia kicked off to start the match. Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benedicto Bihar in the 5th minute of the match. Benedicto Bihar's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. The corner led to Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Benedicto Bihar getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benedicto Bihar in the 13th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Benedicto Bihar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Kurtuluş Senih got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When SazobaSpor's Mala Kicia in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's goalie prevented a goal. 29 minutes into the game, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Benedicto Bihar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. When Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Benedicto Bihar in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SazobaSpor's goalie prevented a goal. After 33 minutes, Benedicto Bihar made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. SazobaSpor's Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 35th minute, Benedicto Bihar made a precise shot to the right of Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov. SazobaSpor's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. The audience was convinced that Benedicto Bihar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 44th minute, Benedicto Bihar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Benedicto Bihar made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's zone, Bahattin Hadi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Batıkan Muhsin came out of the goal and Bahattin Hadi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Benedicto Bihar went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. After 58 minutes of play, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Benedicto Bihar made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov was left in no man's land by his defense there! 64 minutes into the match, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jedrzej Walec came free, but Batıkan Muhsin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute, Benedicto Bihar made a precise shot to the right of Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov. SazobaSpor's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. When Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Benedicto Bihar in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SazobaSpor's goalie prevented a goal. Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benedicto Bihar in the 74th minute of the match. Bahattin Hadi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Batıkan Muhsin having to interfere. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC made a substitution. Vladislav Trúpchev replaced Kurtuluş Senih. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC made a substitution. Aykut Canel replaced Benedicto Bihar. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by SazobaSpor's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bernardo Sasso was slow to take the kick. During this time Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's players had a chance to rest. Lorenzo James's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bernardo Sasso in the 93rd minute. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Bernardo Sasso was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nuşirävan Cäbrayilov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 95 minutes into the match, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hamdullah Derinöz came free, but Batıkan Muhsin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 95th match minute, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seçkin Öksüzoğlu to maneuver through the defense. The Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.