Official Cup

İSTANBUL İNÖNÜ STADI
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gregorio Ruiz kicked off to start the match. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gregorio Ruiz in the 5th minute of play. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oso Adolfsson in the 7th minute of play. When The Everett Hawks's Philip Goorts in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AYYILDIZ's goalie prevented a goal. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gregorio Ruiz in the 10th minute of play. Ludo Vanden Bossche came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by AYYILDIZ's Alp Arslan. But to his dismay, Alp Arslan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 14th minute Gregorio Ruiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludo Vanden Bossche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anselmo Furlan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 16th minute of play. Leo Richie kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 18th minute of play forced AYYILDIZ's goalkeeper Anselmo Furlan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gregorio Ruiz in the 19th minute of play forced The Everett Hawks's goalkeeper Ludo Vanden Bossche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anselmo Furlan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fre van Eijnde, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Abdi Mehmet Rakim scored 1-1 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anselmo Furlan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save The Everett Hawks from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Gregorio Ruiz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ludo Vanden Bossche was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. AYYILDIZ were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after The Everett Hawks's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alp Arslan took the corner. Anselmo Furlan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 28th minute of play. Anselmo Furlan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fre van Eijnde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Ege Nesefi in the 36th minute of play. Anselmo Furlan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Everett Hawks's defense didn't have a chance, in the 40th minute, when Gregorio Ruiz scored to the left of an out of position Ludo Vanden Bossche, making the score, 2-1. Anselmo Furlan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ludo Vanden Bossche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gregorio Ruiz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alp Arslan's late challenge caught a The Everett Hawks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alp Arslan helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th minute, Alp Arslan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 49 played minutes AYYILDIZ got a freekick which was hit by Alp Arslan. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abdi Mehmet Rakim to make the kick off. After 53 minutes, Abdi Mehmet Rakim made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. AYYILDIZ's Anselmo Furlan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 56 minutes into the match, AYYILDIZ's Antonio Romino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ludo Vanden Bossche narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Antonio Romino kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Anselmo Furlan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Antonio Romino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ludo Vanden Bossche read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. In the 63rd minute, Antonio Romino got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 67 minutes into the match, AYYILDIZ's goal looked a bit too open when Abdi Mehmet Rakim came free, but Anselmo Furlan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Romino came free, but Ludo Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abdi Mehmet Rakim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 75th match minute, The Everett Hawks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Feijo Fresnos to maneuver through the defense. The Everett Hawks made a substitution. Luke Van Bostraeten replaced Willem-Jan Grootjans. The Everett Hawks's Andy Van Aghten was substituted for Philip Goorts. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gregorio Ruiz in the 82nd minute of the match. Ludo Vanden Bossche came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by AYYILDIZ's Gregorio Ruiz. But to his dismay, Gregorio Ruiz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. 86 minutes into the game, Fre van Eijnde recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Anselmo Furlan. Fre van Eijnde showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-3. Feijo Fresnos hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Fre van Eijnde took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anselmo Furlan. Anselmo Furlan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-4. In the 96th minute, Abdi Mehmet Rakim fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Anselmo Furlan, passed just outside the right post. In the 98th match minute, AYYILDIZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lukas Kvarnström to maneuver through the defense. In the 99th minute the ball was on its way in behind AYYILDIZ's goalkeeper Anselmo Furlan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The AYYILDIZ supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching The Everett Hawks's performance. The match ended with a win for The Everett Hawks.