Official Cup

Characate Arena
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nacho Scocco got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the Characate FC defense, Refik Halit Hatemoğlu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benjamin Price. The Characate FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benjamin Price should have stopped the shot. In the 10th match minute, Characate FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rashid Paddington to maneuver through the defense. Benjamin Price showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristián Ronaldo in the 13th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nacho Scocco in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benjamin Price saved Characate FC from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Characate FC's Primitivo Brun got a free kick in the 14th minute. Benjamin Price took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nacho Scocco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 15 minutes in the game, Nacho Scocco dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. 18 minutes into the match, Hendek Spor Kulübü's goalkeeper I Putu 董卓 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nestor Gaxan. 22 minutes into the match, Hendek Spor Kulübü's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Txanton came free, but I Putu 董卓 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Characate FC's goal looked a bit too open when Refik Halit Hatemoğlu came free, but Benjamin Price reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leopoldo Afonso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nacho Scocco in the 30th minute of play forced Characate FC's goalkeeper Benjamin Price to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Uriel Paio made in the 43rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ernesto Txanton however managed to control. After a defensive mix-up in Hendek Spor Kulübü's zone, Ernesto Txanton stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. I Putu 董卓 came out of the goal and Ernesto Txanton tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 48 minutes into the match, Cristián Ronaldo notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Characate FC's Benjamin Price. Benjamin Price was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Characate FC's Benjamin Price proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Characate FC from getting a goal against them. In the 54thth minute of the game Nacho Scocco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Characate FC's Benjamin Price was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 54 played minutes Hendek Spor Kulübü got a freekick which was hit by Cristián Ronaldo. Hendek Spor Kulübü's I Putu 董卓 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leopoldo Afonso in the 55th minute of play. Cristián Ronaldo came free with the goalkeeper in the 58th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Benjamin Price could save by the left post. Benjamin Price showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nacho Scocco in the 61st minute of the match. In the 61st minute, one of Characate FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Characate FC. The referee gave Hendek Spor Kulübü a penalty, 63 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Nacho Scocco, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Characate FC's Benjamin Price. 0-3. I Putu 董卓 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leopoldo Afonso in the 66th minute of the match. Benjamin Price showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Refik Halit Hatemoğlu in the 69th minute of the match. 75 minutes in the game Serbülent Kenan did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Muharrem Arruta. Cristián Ronaldo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Benjamin Price made a huge save. In the 82nd minute, Primitivo Brun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Hendek Spor Kulübü's Ayberk Gümüşcü tried to score from far away in the 82nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Benjamin Price showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristián Ronaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Characate FC's Benjamin Price proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Characate FC from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Characate FC's Ernesto Txanton got a free kick in the 87th minute. In the 88th match minute, Characate FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Primitivo Brun to maneuver through the defense. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Characate FC's goalkeeper Benjamin Price, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 90 played minutes Hendek Spor Kulübü got a freekick which was hit by Binali Sezai. Benjamin Price showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Refik Halit Hatemoğlu in the 100th minute of the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Hendek Spor Kulübü walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.