Official Cup

Javier Milei
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Liberland's Saturnino Abeitia 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 4th minute, Venancio Ascencio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Meriç Baytekin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rene Eduino having to interfere. Rene Eduino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lv Lei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saturnino Abeitia in the 24th minute of play forced KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Halil Utku Evvah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rene Eduino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lv Lei in the 25th minute of play. A collision led to Liberland getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Saturnino Abeitia hit a great ball. Rene Eduino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lv Lei went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Saturnino Abeitia took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Halil Utku Evvah to make any attempt to save it. When KOO Tigers's Lv Lei in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Liberland's goalie prevented a goal. When KOO Tigers's Lv Lei in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Liberland's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lv Lei in the 42nd minute of play forced Liberland's goalkeeper Rene Eduino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. KOO Tigers were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after Liberland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hilmi Onursan took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Meriç Baytekin managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lv Lei stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Halil Utku Evvah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saturnino Abeitia in the 52nd minute of the match. The supporters of Liberland booed when KOO Tigers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Meriç Baytekin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Liberland's Rene Eduino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lv Lei in the 57th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lv Lei in the 61st minute of play forced Liberland's goalkeeper Rene Eduino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 63 minutes of play, KOO Tigers's Lv Lei made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rene Eduino was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 71 minutes Liberland's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hilmi Onursan who took care of the corner kick. Lv Lei was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 72nd minute. KOO Tigers's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 76th minute, Saturnino Abeitia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Liberland's Omar Eudoxio was substituted for German Playo. The supporters of KOO Tigers booed when Liberland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Saturnino Abeitia didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 78 minutes, Lv Lei managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KOO Tigers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lv Lei was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lv Lei succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-4 in the 80th playminute. Halil Utku Evvah made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damaso Francho in the 84th minute of play. Lv Lei received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Rene Eduino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 89th minute, Lv Lei left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KOO Tigers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lv Lei in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rene Eduino prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. KOO Tigers walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.