Official Cup

FC FiratRom
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ahmet Reha Ayaz started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Ahmet Reha Ayaz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ahmet Reha Ayaz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zeynel Gulson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gürsel Aksel in the 10th minute of the match. After 15 played minutes Basmane Texas got a freekick which was hit by Berkem Mücip. In the 16th minute of the match, Ahmet Reha Ayaz tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Franco Armani saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 24th minute Yıldıray Kartekin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th match minute, Basmane Texas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Serkan Kocaman to maneuver through the defense. After 29 minutes Basmane Texas's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Davinson Sánchez who took care of the corner kick. In the 31st minute Ahmet Reha Ayaz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 36 played minutes FCFiratRom got a freekick which was hit by Baybars Yılmaz. After a rather tough play, FCFiratRom's Murat Kundak got a free kick in the 40th minute. Ahmet Reha Ayaz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Franco Armani came out and tried to block the shot, but Ahmet Reha Ayaz slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gürsel Aksel to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Omero Cobain's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Franco Armani was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. In the 60th minute, Gürsel Aksel reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Zeynel Gulson. The goal made the score 1-1. Zeynel Gulson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gürsel Aksel went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Gürsel Aksel blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zeynel Gulson having to make a save. Zeynel Gulson made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Gürsel Aksel sent off a good shot on target. 70 minutes into the game, Omero Cobain cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Franco Armani was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Franco Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oso Bucuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Franco Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Omero Cobain, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Basmane Texas made a substitution. Erik Allikmäe replaced Ulvi Gencal. Basmane Texas made a substitution. Ignatios Ksiromeritis replaced Gürsel Aksel. The corner ended in Davinson Sánchez almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Basmane Texas's Franco Armani did a great save. Franco Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Omero Cobain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Basmane Texas's Ignatios Ksiromeritis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zeynel Gulson. That made the score 2-3 after 84 minutes of play. Ignatios Ksiromeritis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Zeynel Gulson made a huge save. Basmane Texas's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.