Official Cup

Soldiers Field
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Baal Ares started the match with the kick off. The throw-in from Blas Semeno in the 7th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Ares FC -MM-'s Viktor Eklund. Baal Ares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ali Cafer Konuralp made an important save on a dangerous shot by Baal Ares in the 7th minute. In the 9th minute, Ares FC -MM-'s Baal Ares ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ali Cafer Konuralp. Ali Cafer Konuralp yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Luca Jivulescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Barreiros in the 12th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Baal Ares's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ali Cafer Konuralp was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Mao Bin Ao kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Ali Cafer Konuralp was out of position in the 19 minute of play, and Baal Ares capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Baal Ares really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Serafino Flores managed to get in a good position for a shot. RED DEVIL's supporters rose to their feet, but Serafino Flores was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luca Jivulescu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 25th minute, Andrei Ivan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Baal Ares hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. When Ares FC -MM-'s Baal Ares in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye RED DEVIL's goalie prevented a goal. Ares FC -MM- were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after RED DEVIL's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Karadeniz Otay took the corner. Ali Cafer Konuralp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viktor Eklund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A throw-in in the 39th minute of the game was made by Blas Semeno with Andrei Ivan as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind RED DEVIL's goalkeeper Ali Cafer Konuralp, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fernando Barreiros made a kick off. In the 60th minute Folkert Walregt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Cafer Konuralp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute, Baal Ares ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Cafer Konuralp was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. 69 minutes into the match, Mao Bin Ao had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ali Cafer Konuralp. RED DEVIL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mao Bin Ao was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Ares FC -MM-'s Folkert Walregt got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 76 minutes into the match, RED DEVIL's goal looked a bit too open when Baal Ares came free, but Ali Cafer Konuralp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Fernando Barreiros came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the RED DEVIL 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 Fernando Barreiros couldn't finish the play. Ali Cafer Konuralp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baal Ares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luca Jivulescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Serafino Flores's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. Baal Ares scored 6-0 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ali Cafer Konuralp, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ali Cafer Konuralp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baal Ares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Baal Ares in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ali Cafer Konuralp saved RED DEVIL from getting behind. Dalmacio Etxeberri's late challenge caught a Ares FC -MM-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dalmacio Etxeberri helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 95th minute of the game. One of RED DEVIL:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ares FC -MM-:s goal. In the 96th minute there was a penalty for Ares FC -MM-. Mao Bin Ao stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Ali Cafer Konuralp. 7-0.