Official Cup

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) AMLUCHO's Mati Magen 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 8th minute Mati Magen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lyle Flanagan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute, Mati Magen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lyle Flanagan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Erkut Cenan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Selahaddin Esentürk came out and tried to block the shot, but Erkut Cenan slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 15th minute. Lyle Flanagan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nélson Sousa in the 18th minute of play. After 19 played minutes F.C internazionale got a freekick which was hit by Tomasz Hajto. It was a well-played corner which Oğuzcan Lami managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Lyle Flanagan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mati Magen in the 28th minute of play. In the 35th minute, Erkut Cenan 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. Erkut Cenan might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Selahaddin Esentürk. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erkut Cenan ran back to his position shaking his head. 37 minutes into the match, AMLUCHO's goal looked a bit too open when Erkut Cenan came free, but Selahaddin Esentürk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, AMLUCHO's goal looked a bit too open when Erkut Cenan came free, but Selahaddin Esentürk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erkut Cenan to make the kick off. Selahaddin Esentürk came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by F.C internazionale's Erkut Cenan. But to his dismay, Erkut Cenan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. F.C internazionale made a substitution. Hulki İmdat replaced Staffan Karlberg. With an all-out effort, AMLUCHO's Lyle Flanagan threw himself towards the right post 65 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nélson Sousa, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Selahaddin Esentürk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erkut Cenan, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. F.C internazionale's Lyle Flanagan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jackie Banks in the 72nd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Erkut Cenan in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Selahaddin Esentürk prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Oğuzcan Lami made in the 78th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by F.C internazionale's Gilberto Tonete. AMLUCHO's Selahaddin Esentürk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erkut Cenan in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jackie Banks in the 84th minute of play forced F.C internazionale's goalkeeper Lyle Flanagan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AMLUCHO's Selahaddin Esentürk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erkut Cenan in the 89th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nélson Sousa in the 91st minute of play forced F.C internazionale's goalkeeper Lyle Flanagan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Selahaddin Esentürk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erkut Cenan in the 94th minute of play. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.