Official Cup

Akhisar Stadyum
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ahmet Necdet Baştugay took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the game, Ahmet Necdet Baştugay recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Eurico Gonçalves. Ahmet Necdet Baştugay showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Birmingham Railers FC's Eurico Gonçalves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Birmingham Railers FC from getting a goal against them. In the 10th match minute, Birmingham Railers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Paulo Arce to maneuver through the defense. Ahmet Necdet Baştugay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Eurico Gonçalves made a huge save. Birmingham Railers FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 18th minute, when Ahmet Necdet Baştugay scored to the left of an out of position Eurico Gonçalves, making the score, 3-0. Eurico Gonçalves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mustafa Emrah Ulusoy in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th minute of the match AKHisaR got a corner. Birmingham Railers FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arslan Çubukcu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Eurico Gonçalves came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by AKHisaR's Ahmet Necdet Baştugay. But to his dismay, Ahmet Necdet Baştugay quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. The AKHisaR fans' excitement grew in the 35th match minute when AKHisaR's Ahmet Necdet Baştugay looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With his leg Eurico Gonçalves managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when AKHisaR's Ahmet Necdet Baştugay fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Through an outstanding action, after 43 minutes, Eurico Gonçalves successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 45th minute, AKHisaR's Mustafa Emrah Ulusoy dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 7-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Diego Forlan to strike the kick off in the second half. Eurico Gonçalves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmet Necdet Baştugay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 56 minutes, Harun Özer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AKHisaR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Harun Özer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Birmingham Railers FC's Eurico Gonçalves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ergün Özver in the 57th minute of play. Mustafa Emrah Ulusoy took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eurico Gonçalves. Eurico Gonçalves dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. Eurico Gonçalves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mustafa Emrah Ulusoy went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 10-0 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Birmingham Railers FC defense, Mustafa Emrah Ulusoy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eurico Gonçalves. The Birmingham Railers FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eurico Gonçalves should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Emrah Ulusoy in the 67th minute of play forced Birmingham Railers FC's goalkeeper Eurico Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Reha Dertsiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AKHisaR made a substitution. Bahattin Zühtü replaced Ergün Özver. After 71 played minutes AKHisaR got a freekick which was hit by Reha Dertsiz. Frédson Simões took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 72nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Peker Baycan. AKHisaR's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 73rd minute Arslan Çubukcu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eurico Gonçalves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustafa Emrah Ulusoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arslan Çubukcu in the 77th minute of play forced Birmingham Railers FC's goalkeeper Eurico Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Necdet Baştugay in the 78th minute of play forced Birmingham Railers FC's goalkeeper Eurico Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of AKHisaR booed when Birmingham Railers FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pablo Maia didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 82nd minute, Arslan Çubukcu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ahmet Nasir Cihangir took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eurico Gonçalves. Eurico Gonçalves dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 12-0. 89 minutes into the match, Mustafa Emrah Ulusoy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eurico Gonçalves. Birmingham Railers FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mustafa Emrah Ulusoy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 13-0. In the 93rd minute, Bahattin Zühtü left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AKHisaR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 14-0.