Official Cup

Juan Jose Pizzuti
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) MARAZZINO's Claudiu Răducanu 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. 25 de Abril Futbol Club:s Bizi Quemada showed great skill when he stopped İshak Kurhan:s penalty. Bizi Quemada came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by MARAZZINO's İshak Kurhan. But to his dismay, İshak Kurhan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After a rather tough play, 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Ivan Calisto got a free kick in the 8th minute. Bizi Quemada showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Svetomir Maier in the 9th minute of the match. Bizi Quemada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudiu Răducanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th minute, Claudiu Răducanu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MARAZZINO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. When Dacian Zburliş came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the MARAZZINO 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 Dacian Zburliş couldn't finish the play. Slawomir Turak's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lütfü Öktemer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. Bizi Quemada showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudiu Răducanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 36 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's Claudiu Răducanu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bizi Quemada narrowly saved just below the crossbar. MARAZZINO were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after 25 de Abril Futbol Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Svetomir Maier took the corner. Pedro Venceslao's late challenge caught a MARAZZINO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedro Venceslao helped the player get up and apologised. In the 42nd minute, Pedro Venceslao hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. MARAZZINO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Svetomir Maier in the 47th minute. MARAZZINO's Svetomir Maier was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Bizi Quemada in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Slawomir Turak made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Claudiu Răducanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bizi Quemada was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 58th minute Claudiu Răducanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bizi Quemada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Slawomir Turak's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lütfü Öktemer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. In the 62nd minute 25 de Abril Futbol Club were awarded a corner. Pedro Venceslao went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Pedro Venceslao to fire away a dangerous shot which Lütfü Öktemer despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 25 de Abril Futbol Club made a substitution. Yao Ang Feng replaced Slawomir Turak. A collision led to MARAZZINO getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Ball Pitt hit a great ball. Bizi Quemada came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by MARAZZINO's Claudiu Răducanu. But to his dismay, Claudiu Răducanu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Claudiu Răducanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. MARAZZINO's supporters rose to their feet, but Claudiu Răducanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bizi Quemada breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of 25 de Abril Futbol Club booed when MARAZZINO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olgun Baroğlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 83rd minute of the game. One of 25 de Abril Futbol Club:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of MARAZZINO:s goal. In the 85th play minute Cafu Dolar came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Bizi Quemada. 0-6. Claudiu Răducanu might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bizi Quemada. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Claudiu Răducanu ran back to his position shaking his head. 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Bizi Quemada played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudiu Răducanu in the 90th minute of play.