Official Cup

KOO Park
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ahmet Sefer took the kick off in the first half of the match. Xiao Yu Chao recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 4th minute, FC SASA ILIC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Xiao Yu Chao fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 7 minutes into the match, Sadettin Tunçkol had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Uğuralp Vasfi. KOO Tigers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sadettin Tunçkol was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 12th minute, KOO Tigers's Robert Collen dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC SASA ILIC's goalkeeper Atalan Tunçkaya, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Atalan Tunçkaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Collen in the 20th minute of the match. Atalan Tunçkaya came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by KOO Tigers's Robert Collen. But to his dismay, Robert Collen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. After a rather tough play, KOO Tigers's Xiao Yu Chao got a free kick in the 26th minute. Atalan Tunçkaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xiao Yu Chao in the 30th minute of the match. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC SASA ILIC's goalkeeper Atalan Tunçkaya, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 38 minutes into the game, Behiç Cangur threw the ball into play from the sideline. KOO Tigers's Azmi Bilkan quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 39 minutes into the match, FC SASA ILIC's goalkeeper Atalan Tunçkaya had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Robert Collen. Atalan Tunçkaya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gündüz Engiay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC SASA ILIC's goalkeeper Atalan Tunçkaya, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, KOO Tigers's Rüştü Eldemir got a free kick in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Xiao Yu Chao to strike the kick off in the second half. Xiao Yu Chao fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Atalan Tunçkaya having to interfere. Serdar Öğeturk hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Collen in the 59th minute of play forced FC SASA ILIC's goalkeeper Atalan Tunçkaya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atalan Tunçkaya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Collen in the 60th minute of play. In the 61st minute, Robert Collen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KOO Tigers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. A collision led to KOO Tigers getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Robert Collen hit a great ball. Uğuralp Vasfi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Sefer in the 67th minute of the match. Robert Collen scored 4-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Atalan Tunçkaya, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 78 minutes into the game, KOO Tigers's Robert Collen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Atalan Tunçkaya made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-1. The audience was convinced that Ahmet Sefer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Uğuralp Vasfi was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Atalan Tunçkaya didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robert Collen went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. In the 93rd minute, Emin Bayram left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KOO Tigers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-1. KOO Tigers were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FC SASA ILIC for a fine match.