Prized/Friendly Cup

Topaltı Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ionică Lucescu kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aristides Paiva in the 3rd minute of play forced Basmane Texas's goalkeeper Franco Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A throw-in in the 6th minute of the game was made by King Kobra with Cazimir Corbeanu as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gürsel Aksel in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg King Junior saved Kobra TEAM from getting behind. After 10 minutes Kobra TEAM's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Borys Budarz who took care of the corner kick. Franco Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristides Paiva in the 13th minute of the match. With a little luck, Kobra TEAM's King Junior got control of the ball when Gürsel Aksel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Kobra TEAM's King Junior played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 18th minute of play. Gürsel Aksel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Kobra TEAM's King Junior played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Gürsel Aksel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but King Junior was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. King Junior made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 42nd minute. The corner led Basmane Texas's Borys Budarz to fire away a dangerous shot which King Junior despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Franco Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristides Paiva in the 44th minute of the match. After the first half Kobra TEAM were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gürsel Aksel made a kick off. Franco Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ionică Lucescu in the 54th minute of the match. With a little luck, Basmane Texas's Franco Armani got control of the ball when Aristides Paiva tried to sneak it across the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Kobra TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Serkan Kocaman came free, but King Junior reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Kobra TEAM getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Liviu Cristocea hit a great ball. 66 minutes into the match, Basmane Texas's goal looked a bit too open when Amauri Lopes came free, but Franco Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aristides Paiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Franco Armani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Franco Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amauri Lopes in the 71st minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Gürsel Aksel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of King Junior. Kobra TEAM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gürsel Aksel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The supporters of Basmane Texas booed when Kobra TEAM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amauri Lopes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Basmane Texas's Ignatios Ksiromeritis was substituted for Gürsel Aksel. In the 77th minute, Amauri Lopes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78th minute Ignatios Ksiromeritis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but King Junior saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th match minute, Kobra TEAM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by King Kobra to maneuver through the defense. King Junior didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ignatios Ksiromeritis went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. King Junior showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serkan Kocaman, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 90 minutes into the match, Aristides Paiva notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Basmane Texas's Franco Armani. Franco Armani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Basmane Texas getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Ulvi Gencal hit a great ball. Franco Armani acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 93rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from King Kobra. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.