Official Cup

19 Mayıs Stadyumu
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Gençlerbirliği's Muharrem Sebih 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. In the 3rd minute Muharrem Sebih shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nick Pope saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Muharrem Sebihs short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Nick Pope to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Dursun Ekinci showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidney Porto, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Dursun Ekinci showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johan Johansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johan Johansson in the 14th minute of play forced Gençlerbirliği's goalkeeper Dursun Ekinci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dursun Ekinci showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johan Johansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 17th minute Bernardo Caballero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dursun Ekinci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nick Pope made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Constantijn Airpoel in the 18th minute of play. Nick Pope showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Muharrem Sebih in the 19th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, Bajen's goalkeeper Nick Pope had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jean-Claude van Damme. In the 23rd minute Johan Johansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dursun Ekinci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Jean-Claude van Damme took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Nick Pope to make any attempt to save it. Dursun Ekinci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Norberg in the 41st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Caballero in the 43rd minute of play forced Gençlerbirliği's goalkeeper Dursun Ekinci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute Nicklas Trøjgaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dursun Ekinci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sidney Porto to strike the kick off in the second half. Bajen's Nicklas Trøjgaard managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Kristen Michálek in the 52 minute of the game. Bajen's Nick Pope played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Muharrem Sebih in the 55th minute of play. Nick Pope made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Muharrem Sebih in the 58th minute of play. Jean-Claude van Damme took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nick Pope. Nick Pope dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. In the 66th minute, Bernardo Caballero made a precise shot to the right of Dursun Ekinci. Gençlerbirliği's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. In the 73rd minute, Sidney Porto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bajen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. 78 minutes into the match, Bajen's goal looked a bit too open when Muharrem Sebih came free, but Nick Pope reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Gençlerbirliği booed when Bajen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angelino Atauri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bajen's Nick Pope played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Muharrem Sebih in the 87th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Cafer Korcan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cafer Korcan kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Gençlerbirliği's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stanislaw Rekowski in the 94th minute. Gençlerbirliği's Stanislaw Rekowski was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nick Pope in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bernardo Caballero got free with Dursun Ekinci in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Bajen players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Gençlerbirliği from taking control. The game ends in a draw.