Official Cup

HULKAS ARENA
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Elpidio Espiridion made the kick off and thus started the match. Jaime Almeida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Assendelft in the 3rd minute of play. - HULKAS -'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ronaldão Nogueira in the 4th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Corinthians's goalie and right to Pontus Granlund. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Corinthians's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Jaime Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Assendelft, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. A collision led to Corinthians getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Leopoldo Palmeira hit a great ball. A collision led to - HULKAS - getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Marco Assendelft hit a great ball. Corinthians's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rudolf Speed in the 19th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Elpidio Espiridion in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ke Qi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Birol Hakim kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the match, Marco Assendelft had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jaime Almeida. Corinthians's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marco Assendelft was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Corinthians's goalkeeper Jaime Almeida, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Namık Tümer got a throw-in 34 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Ronaldão Nogueira. Marco Assendelft sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 40th minute, - HULKAS -'s Marco Assendelft dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. In the 43rd minute Elpidio Espiridion shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ke Qi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marco Assendelft stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ke Qi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kiril Biradzhiev in the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kiril Biradzhiev in the 61st minute of play forced - HULKAS -'s goalkeeper Ke Qi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. - HULKAS - made a substitution. Naim Nizam replaced Ronaldão Nogueira. - HULKAS -'s Ke Qi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save - HULKAS - from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes into the game, González Speed was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Corinthians's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave - HULKAS - the free kick. The supporters of - HULKAS - booed when Corinthians was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. González Speed didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, - HULKAS -'s Ke Qi got control of the ball when Elpidio Espiridion tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jaime Almeida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oğuz Cetin in the 78th minute of play. Oğuz Cetin hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Oğuz Cetin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jaime Almeida was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Oğuz Cetin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jaime Almeida read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. - HULKAS -'s Ke Qi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save - HULKAS - from getting a goal against them. Oğuz Cetin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jaime Almeida having to interfere. 94 minutes into the game, - HULKAS -'s Oğuz Cetin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jaime Almeida made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Corinthians players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for - HULKAS -.