Official Cup

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Spectators: 176 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Emre Üçok made the kick off which started today's match. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Emre Üçok got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s zone, İrfan-Can Kahveci stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erhan Gökdoğan came out of the goal and İrfan-Can Kahveci tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Erhan Gökdoğan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edin Džeko in the 20th minute of the match. Uğur Özyay's late challenge caught a ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Uğur Özyay helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Uğur Özyay hit a great ball. The long shot by Kurd Kurå in the 22nd minute really tested Erhan Gökdoğan's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. 28 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalkeeper Erhan Gökdoğan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tuncay Şanlı. After a rather tough play, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cevahir Boz got a free kick in the 31st minute. Kurd Kurå got in the 32nd minute the ball and tried a long shot which scored to the left of Erhan Gökdoğan and thus it was 2-0. After 38 played minutes Edin Džeko rounded ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-0. Ergün Tefhim took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Erhan Gökdoğan. Erhan Gökdoğan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Tuncay Şanlı could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Erhan Gökdoğan made a huge save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tuncay Şanlı made a kick off. Tuncay Şanlı blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Erhan Gökdoğan having to make a save. When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Edin Džeko sped through ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Erhan Gökdoğan. Erhan Gökdoğan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tuncay Şanlı, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ booed when ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Özer Perkin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Erhan Gökdoğan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İrfan-Can Kahveci in the 60th minute of play. 61 minutes into the game, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Edin Džeko nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Erhan Gökdoğan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. 64 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goal looked a bit too open when Tuncay Şanlı came free, but Erhan Gökdoğan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erhan Gökdoğan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edin Džeko went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. 72 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goal looked a bit too open when Edin Džeko came free, but Erhan Gökdoğan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 73 minutes of play, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's İrfan-Can Kahveci made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erhan Gökdoğan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tuncay Şanlı struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Erhan Gökdoğan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ. After 88 played minutes ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ got a freekick which was hit by Feridun Yeler. Erhan Gökdoğan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edin Džeko in the 92nd minute of play. In the 95th minute, Özer Perkin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee ended the match the ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.