Official Cup

Savannen
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Henrik Häger took the kick off in the first half of the match. Elefanterna's Håkan Hök played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Latif Şakir in the 13th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, Elefanterna's goal looked a bit too open when Latif Şakir came free, but Håkan Hök reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, istanbulls's Hatemi Cire got control of the ball when Henrik Häger tried to sneak it across the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Elefanterna's Sivert Sill nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hatemi Cire made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. In the 31st minute, Patric Bierhoff left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The istanbulls fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. The audience was convinced that Patric Bierhoff's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Håkan Hök was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Håkan Hök made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patric Bierhoff in the 36th minute of play. Hatemi Cire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deng Mo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Patric Bierhoff charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patric Bierhoff the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 40th minute, Elefanterna's Henrik Häger dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. 45 minutes into the game, Johnny Ekeroth recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Hatemi Cire. Johnny Ekeroth showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 5-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Patric Bierhoff stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Ertuğrul Hisarcık hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 53rd minute, Ertuğrul Hisarcık hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Deng Mo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Hatemi Cire tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th minute Kristoffer Kellman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hatemi Cire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hatemi Cire didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sivert Sill went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. 64 minutes into the game, Johnny Ekeroth was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Elefanterna's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave istanbulls the free kick. In the 64th minute, Johnny Ekeroth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hatemi Cire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kristoffer Kellman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sivert Sill in the 68th minute of play forced istanbulls's goalkeeper Hatemi Cire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hatemi Cire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sivert Sill, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hatemi Cire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johnny Ekeroth in the 71st minute of the match. Latif Şakir who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 72ndth minute tested the skills of Håkan Hök when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 74th minute Johnny Ekeroth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hatemi Cire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. istanbulls's Yavuz Selim Yücelay couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 76th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Elefanterna. After 79 minutes, Kristoffer Kellman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Elefanterna and the istanbulls players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 79th match minute, Elefanterna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kristoffer Kellman to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute of the match Yavuz Selim Yücelay sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Håkan Hök skillfully saved the ball. In the 81st minute Şadi Aktan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Håkan Hök saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the game, Sivert Sill cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-1. Hatemi Cire was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 91 minutes into the match, Sivert Sill notched a goal, 8-1, to the right of istanbulls's Hatemi Cire. Hatemi Cire was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 93 minutes into the game, Göran Iller was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Elefanterna's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave istanbulls the free kick. The supporters of istanbulls booed when Elefanterna was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Göran Iller didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elefanterna's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.