Prized/Friendly Cup

H.Avni Aker
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ahmet Hakan Mahçupyan started the match with the kick off. If Ahmet Hakan Mahçupyan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 5 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Hakan Mahçupyan came free, but Cihan Zafer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nizam Soner made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Henk Veerman sent off a good shot on target. 25 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Henk Veerman sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nizam Soner narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 27th minute ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► were awarded a corner. Anton Scheupach went to the cornerflag to take it. The supporters of !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU booed when ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mete Taçkın didn't get a good kick on the ball. 31 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Hakan Mahçupyan came free, but Cihan Zafer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cihan Zafer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Hakan Mahçupyan in the 31st minute of play. Nizam Soner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa Yaşar Recai in the 32nd minute of the match. Nizam Soner made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Henk Veerman sent off a good shot on target. Nizam Soner made an important save on a dangerous shot by Henk Veerman in the 40th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Henk Veerman made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Henk Veerman hit a great ball. In the 55th minute Henk Veerman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nizam Soner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henk Veerman in the 75th minute of play forced !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's goalkeeper Nizam Soner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nizam Soner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henk Veerman in the 77th minute of play. Nizam Soner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henk Veerman in the 79th minute of the match. In the 82nd minute ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► were awarded a corner. Anton Scheupach went to the cornerflag to take it. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Hakan Mahçupyan in the 84th minute of play. 87 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Hakan Mahçupyan came free, but Cihan Zafer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henk Veerman took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nizam Soner. Nizam Soner dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.