Official Cup

Marcio Arena
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kryspin Zacharczyk kicked off to start the match. BAŞBUĞ's Marco Recio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save BAŞBUĞ from getting a goal against them. After recieving a nice pass, BAŞBUĞ's Götz Ferdi tried to score from far away in the 6th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Real Salsa F.C.'s Greger Fribäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timos Kazantzou in the 12th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Götz Ferdi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Greger Fribäck quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Real Salsa F.C.'s Greger Fribäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timos Kazantzou in the 20th minute of play. Bartosz Lange made in the 22nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Real Salsa F.C.'s Abidin Buminhan. In the 32nd minute, Aziz Özarkın hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 33 minutes into the match, Real Salsa F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Götz Ferdi came free, but Greger Fribäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Timos Kazantzou's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Greger Fribäck read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. In the 39th minute, Timos Kazantzou 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. Timos Kazantzou might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Greger Fribäck. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Timos Kazantzou ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 41st minute Timos Kazantzou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Greger Fribäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Timos Kazantzou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind BAŞBUĞ's goalkeeper Marco Recio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Timos Kazantzou was the one to do the kick off. BAŞBUĞ's Arda Baybars Salik quite brazenly broke a throw-in by La Škarpa, made in the 52nd minute of the game. Götz Ferdi kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. In the 55th minute, Ximenes Oñatibia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Recio was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Real Salsa F.C. made a substitution. Natalio Txeru replaced Kryspin Zacharczyk. BAŞBUĞ's Hernan Oroitz was substituted for Romain Van Achteren. In the 64th minute Ximenes Oñatibia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Recio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Osman Ali Okutan almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but BAŞBUĞ's Marco Recio did a great save. In the 68th minute Ximenes Oñatibia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Recio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Recio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ximenes Oñatibia went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Marco Recio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Natalio Txeru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Recio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Natalio Txeru's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hernan Oroitz got free with Greger Fribäck in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Real Salsa F.C.'s Greger Fribäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hüseyin Can Orak in the 82nd minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Hüseyin Can Orak notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Real Salsa F.C.'s Greger Fribäck. Greger Fribäck was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. BAŞBUĞ's Marco Recio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Natalio Txeru in the 85th minute of play. Greger Fribäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enis Behiç Nizami, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 95 minutes into the match, Natalio Txeru had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Recio. BAŞBUĞ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Natalio Txeru was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the BAŞBUĞ players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Real Salsa F.C..