Official Cup

Çumra Arena
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The JOKER's Yaser Mirkelam started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Vahap Tezcan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Curcio Borrero, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After 8 minutes of play, The JOKER's Yaser Mirkelam made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vahap Tezcan was left in no man's land by his defense there! With his leg Andreas Möller managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's Songur Karataş fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With his leg Andreas Möller managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's Alptuğ Rahim fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Vahap Tezcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saffet Kongur in the 42nd minute of play. 43 minutes into the match, The JOKER's goal looked a bit too open when Alptuğ Rahim came free, but Andreas Möller reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The JOKER's Andreas Möller proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save The JOKER from getting a goal against them. After the first half The JOKER were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alptuğ Rahim to make the kick off. Vahap Tezcan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Curcio Borrero in the 53rd minute of the match. After 58 played minutes ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü got a freekick which was hit by Nejat Kotuz. Vahap Tezcan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yaser Mirkelam in the 58th minute of the match. Vahap Tezcan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Curcio Borrero, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. With an all-out effort, The JOKER's Vahap Tezcan threw himself towards the right post 66 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Metin Taykurt, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Yaser Mirkelam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vahap Tezcan made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Curcio Borrero sent off a good shot on target. Andreas Möller made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alptuğ Rahim in the 72nd minute of play. Erdoğan Sadi kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Hüsrev Muhittin might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vahap Tezcan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hüsrev Muhittin ran back to his position shaking his head. When ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's Alptuğ Rahim in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The JOKER's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Çağrı As in the 80th minute of play forced ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's goalkeeper Vahap Tezcan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's İlyas Başarman got a free kick in the 80th minute. Vahap Tezcan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Çağrı As in the 82nd minute of the match. Alptuğ Rahim charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alptuğ Rahim the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Alptuğ Rahim hit a great ball. Andreas Möller made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alptuğ Rahim in the 86th minute of play. After 87 minutes, Nejat Kotuz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü and the The JOKER players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of The JOKER booed when ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nejat Kotuz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Curcio Borrero's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vahap Tezcan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. In the 91st minute, The JOKER's Saffet Kongur ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vahap Tezcan. Vahap Tezcan yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. When the final whistle sounded The JOKER left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü.