Prized/Friendly Cup

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benicio Beliran kicked off to start the match. In the 9th minute, Maxim Tsigalko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Samurai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Timmy Henriksson came free with the goalkeeper in the 19th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Arif Nihat Yıldıray could save by the left post. Allan Bivall could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray made a huge save. 22 minutes into the match, Estación Q.'s goal looked a bit too open when Maxim Tsigalko came free, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Estación Q.'s Arif Nihat Yıldıray played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maxim Tsigalko in the 23rd minute of play. Maxim Tsigalko's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 26th minute of play. Estación Q.'s Arif Nihat Yıldıray proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Estación Q. from getting a goal against them. 37 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Samurai's Maxim Tsigalko fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Macit Serter hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Samurai's Maxim Tsigalko slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Arif Nihat Yıldıray. That made the score 4-0 after 43 minutes of play. The supporters of Estación Q. booed when Samurai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alto Wing didn't get a good kick on the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Samurai were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after Estación Q.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Allan Bivall took the corner. Samurai's Morgan Vassenius managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Macit Serter in the 58 minute of the game. Arif Nihat Yıldıray made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 59th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Maxim Tsigalko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Arif Nihat Yıldıray showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timmy Henriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Arif Nihat Yıldıray made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 65th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Samurai's Maxim Tsigalko sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arif Nihat Yıldıray narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 74th minute Alto Wing shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute Samurai were awarded a corner. Allan Bivall went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maxim Tsigalko in the 78th minute of play forced Estación Q.'s goalkeeper Arif Nihat Yıldıray to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Estación Q.'s Benicio Beliran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vince Di Cola narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Estación Q.'s Mauro Todor was substituted for Enginalp İdilkurt. Samurai's Esbjörn Hultstrand was substituted for Timmy Henriksson. A sloppy throw-in by Macit Serter in the 83rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Samurai's Morgan Vassenius. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrzej Zapolski in the 84th minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute Wu Qi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hermengildo Huly was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Arif Nihat Yıldıray took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wu Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arif Nihat Yıldıray didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wu Qi went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. 95 minutes into the match, Wu Qi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arif Nihat Yıldıray. Estación Q.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wu Qi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Samurai had played much better football throughout.