Official Cup

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Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Claudiu Răducanu started the match with the kick off. Onuralp Ergüden recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the Dokuz Oğuz defense, Claudiu Răducanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tugay Sabeddin. The Dokuz Oğuz fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tugay Sabeddin should have stopped the shot. In the 9th 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. Tugay Sabeddin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudiu Răducanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claudiu Răducanu struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Tugay Sabeddin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for MARAZZINO. 16 minutes into the game, Claudiu Răducanu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Tugay Sabeddin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Claudiu Răducanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tugay Sabeddin was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 24th minute Gökberk Avcı suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. When Svetomir Maier fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored MARAZZINO's protests and gave Svetomir Maier a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Dokuz Oğuz booed when MARAZZINO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Svetomir Maier didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tugay Sabeddin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudiu Răducanu in the 27th minute of the match. In the 29th match minute, Dokuz Oğuz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo De Leon to maneuver through the defense. 33 minutes into the match, Claudiu Răducanu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tugay Sabeddin. Dokuz Oğuz's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudiu Răducanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 38th minute, Claudiu Răducanu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Tugay Sabeddin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudiu Răducanu in the 41st minute of play. Claudiu Răducanu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tugay Sabeddin having to make a save. 43 minutes into the match, Dokuz Oğuz's goal looked a bit too open when Claudiu Răducanu came free, but Tugay Sabeddin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Claudiu Răducanu in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tugay Sabeddin saved Dokuz Oğuz from getting behind. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ettore Rosati made a kick off. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dokuz Oğuz's goalkeeper Tugay Sabeddin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Dokuz Oğuz getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Tytus Walkowski hit a great ball. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dokuz Oğuz's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arman Miran was slow to take the kick. During this time MARAZZINO's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Arman Miran almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Dokuz Oğuz's Tugay Sabeddin did a great save. Claudiu Răducanu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Tugay Sabeddin made a huge save. In the 62nd match minute, Dokuz Oğuz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo De Leon to maneuver through the defense. Tugay Sabeddin was out of position in the 64 minute of play, and Claudiu Răducanu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Claudiu Răducanu really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Tugay Sabeddin was a little too slow when Claudiu Răducanu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 67th minute. The score was now 0-6. Tugay Sabeddin was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Onuralp Ergüden showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-7 in the 74 minute of play. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 0-8 when Claudiu Răducanu sped through Dokuz Oğuz's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tugay Sabeddin. In the 84th minute, Dokuz Oğuz's Ahmet Tolga Pekdemir seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ahmet Tolga Pekdemir the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Dokuz Oğuz protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ahmet Tolga Pekdemir had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 84th match minute, Dokuz Oğuz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Tolga Pekdemir to maneuver through the defense. Tugay Sabeddin was a little too slow when Claudiu Răducanu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 0-9. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudiu Răducanu in the 90th minute of play forced Dokuz Oğuz's goalkeeper Tugay Sabeddin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dokuz Oğuz's Tugay Sabeddin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Dokuz Oğuz from getting a goal against them. MARAZZINO's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.