Official Cup

ABDULHAMİTHAN
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mickey Hammett took the kick off in the first half of the match. Manuel Boieru sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Ferry Porsche had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ferry Porsche came free with the goalkeeper in the 6th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Piers Harris could save by the left post. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Yusuf Ziya Özkan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Max Budge in the 9th minute of play. Yusuf Ziya Özkan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mickey Hammett in the 10th minute of play. Ferry Porsche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Team Pogba's Piers Harris got control of the ball when Ferry Porsche tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 16 played minutes ---Atam Osmanlı--- got a freekick which was hit by Haluk Songur. In the 20th minute, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Ferry Porsche dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andre Ridgeway in the 39th minute of play forced ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goalkeeper Yusuf Ziya Özkan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by ---Atam Osmanlı---'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mickey Hammett was slow to take the kick. During this time Team Pogba's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Mickey Hammett almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Yusuf Ziya Özkan did a great save. Ferry Porsche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With an all-out effort, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Piers Harris threw himself towards the right post 42 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ferry Porsche, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Team Pogba's Geoff Monk was substituted for Andre Ridgeway. The wind increased when Ferry Porsche made the kick off in the second half. When Ferry Porsche came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the ---Atam Osmanlı--- 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 Ferry Porsche couldn't finish the play. Ferry Porsche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Manuel Boieru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Piers Harris tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Team Pogba's Owen Martin got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 61 minutes into the match, Ferry Porsche had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Piers Harris. Team Pogba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ferry Porsche was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. ---Atam Osmanlı--- made a substitution. Michael Lövkvist replaced 严建轩. Team Pogba's Amad Traore was substituted for Benno Bonk. ---Atam Osmanlı--- made a substitution. Haşmet Derman replaced Amado Bañados. In the 73rd minute Geoff Monk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yusuf Ziya Özkan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yusuf Ziya Özkan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geoff Monk in the 75th minute of the match. Ferry Porsche might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Piers Harris. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ferry Porsche ran back to his position shaking his head. Piers Harris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferry Porsche in the 78th minute of play. In the 81st minute of the match Team Pogba got a corner. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rufus Holland ran over to the corner to take the kick. With an all-out effort, Team Pogba's Yusuf Ziya Özkan threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Max Budge, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 86th minute, Ferry Porsche 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. Amad Traore received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Yusuf Ziya Özkan came out and tried to block the shot, but Amad Traore slotted it home off the left post making it 3-3 in the 98th minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.