Official Cup

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 11000 (Terracing: 8250, Seating: 2530, VIP seats: 220) An unexpectedly hard shot by Bishop Fazey in the 5th minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vince Di Cola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paul Basarab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Büyükçekmece FC.'s Erol Suer got control of the ball when Wu Qi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Wu Qi scored 1-0 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Erol Suer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Samurai getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Allan Bivall hit a great ball. Samurai's Vince Di Cola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paul Basarab in the 22nd minute of play. Vince Di Cola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bishop Fazey in the 23rd minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Büyükçekmece FC.'s goal looked a bit too open when Wu Qi came free, but Erol Suer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vince Di Cola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paul Basarab in the 30th minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Baba Babayaro got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vince Di Cola quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Baba Babayaro scored 1-1 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vince Di Cola, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 34th minute, Rutger Vallander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vince Di Cola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bishop Fazey, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Erol Suer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wu Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 45 minutes into the match, Samurai's goal looked a bit too open when Bishop Fazey came free, but Vince Di Cola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 47 minutes Samurai's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Artem Strizhev who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Büyükçekmece FC.'s Bishop Fazey getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jan Persson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Paul Basarab shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vince Di Cola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vince Di Cola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Persson, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Erol Suer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Allan Bivall, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After 56 played minutes Büyükçekmece FC. got a freekick which was hit by Artem Strizhev. 59 minutes into the match, Samurai's Wu Qi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Erol Suer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Alto Wing's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erol Suer was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wu Qi in the 62nd minute of play forced Büyükçekmece FC.'s goalkeeper Erol Suer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samurai's Åke Hamnberg was substituted for Hernán Grana. Erol Suer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wu Qi in the 67th minute of the match. Wu Qi might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Erol Suer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Wu Qi ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wu Qi in the 68th minute of play forced Büyükçekmece FC.'s goalkeeper Erol Suer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erol Suer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wu Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wu Qi in the 73rd minute of play forced Büyükçekmece FC.'s goalkeeper Erol Suer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Büyükçekmece FC. made a substitution. Rareș Miron replaced Baba Babayaro. Büyükçekmece FC.'s Emrah Baysoy was substituted for Alvar Vester. Büyükçekmece FC.'s Artem Strizhev got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Büyükçekmece FC.'s zone, Timmy Henriksson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erol Suer came out of the goal and Timmy Henriksson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Artem Strizhev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vince Di Cola having to interfere.

The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Samurai had won after a very even match.