Official Cup

Solo Arena
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eugenio Ourente got the match started through his kick off. Emmanuel Pennington received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Serdar Ulualp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Cyprian Rosen kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Serdar Ulualp. That made the score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. Emmanuel Pennington's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Serdar Ulualp skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A sloppy throw-in by Cahit Settar in the 18th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Recolta Alamor's Brandon Newby. In the 19th minute Damian Dean shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serdar Ulualp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nusaybin GençLikSpor's Serdar Ulualp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Dean in the 21st minute of play. Brandon Newby's late challenge caught a Nusaybin GençLikSpor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Brandon Newby helped the player get up and apologised. After 26 played minutes Recolta Alamor got a freekick which was hit by Brandon Newby. Recolta Alamor's Nacho Gonzalez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eugenio Ourente in the 29th minute of play. In the 31st minute Damian Dean shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serdar Ulualp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, Recolta Alamor's goal looked a bit too open when Simos Manousopoulos came free, but Nacho Gonzalez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Brandon Newby hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Eugenio Ourente's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nacho Gonzalez was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Recolta Alamor defense, Simos Manousopoulos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nacho Gonzalez. The Recolta Alamor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nacho Gonzalez should have stopped the shot.

The wind increased when Damian Dean made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Recolta Alamor getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Roberto Contreras hit a great ball. Recolta Alamor's Nacho Gonzalez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Recolta Alamor from getting a goal against them. Emmanuel Pennington scored 2-1 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Serdar Ulualp, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Serdar Ulualp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emmanuel Pennington, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bradley Marin charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bradley Marin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Recolta Alamor getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Bradley Marin hit a great ball. The supporters of Nusaybin GençLikSpor booed when Recolta Alamor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Brandon Newby didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Nusaybin GençLikSpor's Simos Manousopoulos got a free kick in the 68th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Nusaybin GençLikSpor's zone, Emmanuel Pennington stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Serdar Ulualp came out of the goal and Emmanuel Pennington tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Recolta Alamor's Emmanuel Pennington in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nusaybin GençLikSpor's goalie prevented a goal. A throw-in in the 76th minute of the game was made by Onurhan Heybetli with Cahit Settar as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Recolta Alamor's Nacho Gonzalez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eugenio Ourente in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanuel Pennington in the 85th minute of play forced Nusaybin GençLikSpor's goalkeeper Serdar Ulualp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 91 minutes into the match, Wes Nichols had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Serdar Ulualp. Nusaybin GençLikSpor's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wes Nichols was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Serdar Ulualp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emmanuel Pennington, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Recolta Alamor's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.