Official Cup

H.Avni Aker
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Henk Veerman 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. Cihan Zafer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Benino in the 3rd minute of the match. Leopoldo Boniel made in the 4th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Kjell Vallmark. The supporters of ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► booed when Atlético y Tiro Rqta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alvaro Izotz didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Atlético y Tiro Rqta getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Hu Fei Hai hit a great ball. Han Chao Sang could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Abelardo Berenguer made a huge save. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Atlético y Tiro Rqta's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Han Chao Sang took the corner. Abelardo Berenguer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Okan Koc in the 23rd minute of the match. Cihan Zafer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Benino in the 24th minute of the match. In the 25th minute Okan Koc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Berenguer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Okan Koc in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abelardo Berenguer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 27th minute ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► were awarded a corner. Han Chao Sang went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 31st minute Okan Koc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Berenguer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Sacit Övünç got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Cihan Zafer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Erubiel Munio went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Abelardo Berenguer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Okan Koc in the 40th minute of play. After 44 played minutes Henk Veerman rounded Atlético y Tiro Rqta's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. 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.

After 56 played minutes Atlético y Tiro Rqta got a freekick which was hit by Lucas Suárez. Severino Beninos short, quick shot in the 59thth minute got Cihan Zafer to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Damian Sylvester got a free kick in the 65th minute. Atlético y Tiro Rqta made a substitution. Gabriel Urritz replaced Damian Sylvester. Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Juli Álvarez was substituted for Maxi Rodríguez. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Severino Benino in the 69th minute of play. Henk Veerman might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Abelardo Berenguer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Henk Veerman ran back to his position shaking his head. Abelardo Berenguer stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Henk Veerman's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. 81 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goal looked a bit too open when Severino Benino came free, but Cihan Zafer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Erubiel Munio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Yaşar Recai in the 85th minute of play forced Atlético y Tiro Rqta's goalkeeper Abelardo Berenguer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Atlético y Tiro Rqta getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Alvaro Izotz hit a great ball. Abelardo Berenguer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henk Veerman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Henk Veerman scored 2-1 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abelardo Berenguer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Henk Veerman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 98th minute of the match, managed to save ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► had won after a very even match.