Prized/Friendly Cup

H.Avni Aker
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vicente Nevada got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute Vicente Nevada shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cihan Zafer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bitcoin Elbląg were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sylwester Nowacki took the corner. The corner led Bitcoin Elbląg's Sylwester Nowacki to fire away a dangerous shot which Cihan Zafer despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Cihan Zafer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vicente Nevada in the 7th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the game, Bitcoin Elbląg's Jaroslaw Birkenhagen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cihan Zafer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. When Henk Veerman came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Henk Veerman couldn't finish the play. Vicente Nevada fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cihan Zafer having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Bitcoin Elbląg's Remigiusz Klimkiewicz got a free kick in the 33rd minute. A sloppy throw-in by Sylwester Nowacki in the 39th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Anton Scheupach. 41 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goal looked a bit too open when Jaroslaw Birkenhagen came free, but Cihan Zafer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tolek Dobilas hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Sylwester Nowacki hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Cihan Zafer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vicente Nevada, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Bitcoin Elbląg were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jerzy Niedbalski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Konstanty Tipinski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Boruc Frankowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerzy Niedbalski in the 55th minute of play. Cihan Zafer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaroslaw Birkenhagen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalkeeper Cihan Zafer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bitcoin Elbląg were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sylwester Nowacki took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Sylwester Nowacki got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cihan Zafer quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cihan Zafer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaroslaw Birkenhagen in the 63rd minute of the match. Boruc Frankowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerzy Niedbalski in the 68th minute of play. Bitcoin Elbląg's Przemyslaw Wojtkiewicz was substituted for Remigiusz Klimkiewicz. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► made a substitution. Sacit Övünç replaced Güney Özboga. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► made a substitution. Okan Koc replaced Mustafa Yaşar Recai. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Anton Scheupach quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Sylwester Nowacki, made in the 72nd minute of the game. Prudencio Laurgain sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vicente Nevada received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Cihan Zafer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 85 played minutes ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► got a freekick which was hit by Anton Scheupach. Cihan Zafer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vicente Nevada in the 86th minute of the match. With a little luck, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer got control of the ball when Vicente Nevada tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cihan Zafer was out of position in the 89 minute of play, and Alex Martinez capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alex Martinez really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. Vicente Nevada could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Cihan Zafer made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Martinez in the 96th minute of play forced ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalkeeper Cihan Zafer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.