Prized/Friendly Cup

Juan Roman Riquelme
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zeledon Madaleno got the match started through his kick off. After 9 minutes of play, POSSE 1911 FC's Godfredo Xabel made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yalçın Olgunay was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 15 played minutes POSSE 1911 FC got a freekick which was hit by Omar Elazar. The supporters of POSSE 1911 FC booed when Blue Mountain State was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ömer Rıza Yankı didn't get a good kick on the ball. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Blue Mountain State's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Melchor Mannuel was slow to take the kick. During this time POSSE 1911 FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Blue Mountain State's goalie and right to Eustacio Honesto. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Blue Mountain State's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After having played for 20 minutes, Zeledon Madaleno managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. POSSE 1911 FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zeledon Madaleno was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 22 played minutes Blue Mountain State got a freekick which was hit by Ömer Rıza Yankı. Godfredo Xabel received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Yalçın Olgunay came out and tried to block the shot, but Godfredo Xabel slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 25th minute. During the 28th minute of the match Omar Elazar completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Omar Elazar a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Omar Elazar hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute Artun Şenyurt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Gaskon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Blue Mountain State's Yalçın Olgunay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeledon Madaleno in the 34th minute of play. 37 minutes into the game, Zeledon Madaleno recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Yalçın Olgunay. Zeledon Madaleno showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-0. Zeledon Madaleno blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Yalçın Olgunay having to make a save. 47 minutes into the game, POSSE 1911 FC's Zeledon Madaleno nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yalçın Olgunay made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Artun Şenyurt was the one to do the kick off. The throw-in from Fikri Kutsalmis in the 63rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by POSSE 1911 FC's Godfredo Xabel. Zeledon Madaleno's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yalçın Olgunay read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. After 67 minutes of play, POSSE 1911 FC's Zeledon Madaleno made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yalçın Olgunay was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zeledon Madaleno took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yalçın Olgunay. Yalçın Olgunay dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. In the 79th minute, Godfredo Xabel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zeledon Madaleno received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Yalçın Olgunay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeledon Madaleno in the 83rd minute of play forced Blue Mountain State's goalkeeper Yalçın Olgunay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blue Mountain State's Yalçın Olgunay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeledon Madaleno in the 87th minute of play. A collision led to POSSE 1911 FC getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Melchor Mannuel hit a great ball. Zeledon Madaleno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yalçın Olgunay having to interfere. Ömer Rıza Yankı hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. POSSE 1911 FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.