Arborial Park
Spectators: 4820 (Terracing: 3616,
Seating: 1108, VIP seats: 96) HHH's Şansal Mahçupyan 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. Derya Güdeş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duncan Nichols, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Şansal Mahçupyan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reed Molina having to interfere. With a little luck, HHH's Derya Güdeş got control of the ball when Charlton McDonough tried to sneak it across the goal line. Duncan Nichols received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Derya Güdeş tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of ForestFire booed when HHH was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aygün Karlukhan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 16th minute Mustafa Hakan Heybetli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reed Molina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Derya Güdeş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duncan Nichols, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 18 minutes into the game, Duncan Nichols cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Derya Güdeş was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 24 minutes into the game, Duncan Nichols was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ForestFire's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave HHH the free kick. With a little luck, HHH's Derya Güdeş got control of the ball when Charlton McDonough tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 27th minute Tad Sierra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Derya Güdeş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by HHH's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zachariah Barth was slow to take the kick. During this time ForestFire's players had a chance to rest. Zachariah Barth made a great header on ForestFire's corner, it was just that HHH's Derya Güdeş managed to reach the ball for a save. Mustafa Hakan Heybetli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Reed Molina tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Şansal Mahçupyan came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the HHH fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Şansal Mahçupyan couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stan Sanford in the 38th minute of play forced HHH's goalkeeper Derya Güdeş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute Johnathan Cardenas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Derya Güdeş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, HHH's goal looked a bit too open when Johnathan Cardenas came free, but Derya Güdeş reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Derya Güdeş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johnathan Cardenas, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
The wind increased when Charlton McDonough made the kick off in the second half. Aygün Karlukhan kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. In the 54th minute Stan Sanford shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Derya Güdeş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Charlton McDonough kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Derya Güdeş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duncan Nichols in the 60th minute of the match. Derya Güdeş didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Duncan Nichols went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Aygün Karlukhan kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. ForestFire were awarded a corner in the 68th minute after HHH's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Zachariah Barth took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Zachariah Barth got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Derya Güdeş quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 69th minute, Müjdat Ünverdi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Duncan Nichols left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ForestFire fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. In the 73rd minute Şansal Mahçupyan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reed Molina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. HHH's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mirza Yazar in the 74th minute. HHH's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mirza Yazar in the 79th minute. The corner ended in Mirza Yazar almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ForestFire's Reed Molina did a great save. After 86 played minutes, HHH's Mirza Yazar shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Reed Molina came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in HHH reached it. Derya Güdeş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lamar Knapp in the 88th minute of the match. Derya Güdeş came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by ForestFire's Charlton McDonough. But to his dismay, Charlton McDonough quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. When ForestFire's Charlton McDonough in the 96th minute got a chance for a shot 96th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye HHH's goalie prevented a goal.
ForestFire walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.
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