Official Cup

H.Avni Aker
Spectators: 618 (Terracing: 464, Seating: 142, VIP seats: 12) RO Army V55's Olcay Bozkurt 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. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olcay Bozkurt in the 3rd minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Henk Veerman notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of RO Army V55's Alexandros Iordanidis. Alexandros Iordanidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 14th minute, Henk Veerman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexandros Iordanidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhao Xun Jun in the 19th minute of play forced ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalkeeper Cihan Zafer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Henk Veerman got free with Alexandros Iordanidis in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alexandros Iordanidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Henk Veerman in the 24th minute. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olcay Bozkurt in the 36th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Henk Veerman managed to get in a good position for a shot. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s supporters rose to their feet, but Henk Veerman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alexandros Iordanidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

RO Army V55 made a substitution. Marcos Mazer replaced Demis Grigoriadis. The wind increased when Henk Veerman made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Olcay Bozkurt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cihan Zafer was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Olcay Bozkurt put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Cihan Zafer. Olcay Bozkurt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cihan Zafer having to interfere. Alexandros Iordanidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henk Veerman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olcay Bozkurt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cihan Zafer having to interfere. In the 63rd minute, Henk Veerman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexandros Iordanidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Cihan Zafer made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Olcay Bozkurt sent off a good shot on target. Henk Veerman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. RO Army V55 made a substitution. Edgardo Ugutz replaced Olcay Bozkurt. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► made a substitution. Sacit Övünç replaced Güney Özboga. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► made a substitution. Mete Taçkın replaced Caroll Baskin. 74 minutes into the game, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Henk Veerman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alexandros Iordanidis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Cihan Zafer made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Vinícius Junior sent off a good shot on target. Alexandros Iordanidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Okan Koc, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. After 89 played minutes ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► got a freekick which was hit by Anton Scheupach. In the 93rd minute Okan Koc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexandros Iordanidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.