Official Cup

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Emirhan Cevar hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Dursun Ali Mensur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Scott Souza in the 4th minute of the match. Rudolph Thurman charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rudolph Thurman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rudolph Thurman kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Yaşar Sefercik's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonah Peck read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. 18 minutes into the game, SEFEROĞULLARI's Mustafa Ekrem Ozansoy nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonah Peck made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Emirhan Cevar kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Jonah Peck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basri Kuddus, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Basri Kuddus scored 0-2 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonah Peck, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When SEFEROĞULLARI's Cumhur Talut in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Canalla de Chicago's goalie prevented a goal. In the 41st minute, El Canalla de Chicago's Cobi Babcock seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cobi Babcock the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of El Canalla de Chicago protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cobi Babcock had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 40 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for El Canalla de Chicago! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Scott Souza during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 46 played minutes El Canalla de Chicago got a freekick which was hit by Scott Souza. After the first half SEFEROĞULLARI were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cumhur Talut stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. SEFEROĞULLARI's Dursun Ali Mensur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernie Rosales in the 57th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 61 minutes, Jonah Peck successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernie Rosales in the 68th minute of play forced SEFEROĞULLARI's goalkeeper Dursun Ali Mensur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dursun Ali Mensur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Scott Souza in the 71st minute of play. Jonah Peck was out of position in the 73 minute of play, and Basri Kuddus capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Basri Kuddus really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. Ahmet Ceyhan Oğuzkan hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Dursun Ali Mensur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernie Rosales in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 84th minute Bernie Rosales shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dursun Ali Mensur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 84 minutes into the game, Bernie Rosales cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Dursun Ali Mensur was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bernie Rosales took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dursun Ali Mensur. Dursun Ali Mensur dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. In the 92nd minute, Arcan Kutbay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched SEFEROĞULLARI eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.