Prized/Friendly Cup

Carlos Cuomo
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tadeo Lesardo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Arif Nihat Yıldıray showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicu Alexandrescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute of the match RamPa Football Club got a corner. Estación Q.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Long Ke Yang ran over to the corner to take the kick. Bernardinho Bala made a great header on RamPa Football Club's corner, it was just that Estación Q.'s Arif Nihat Yıldıray managed to reach the ball for a save. RamPa Football Club's Paul Ramon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tadeo Lesardo in the 10th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Estación Q.'s goal looked a bit too open when Nicu Alexandrescu came free, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ziya Özcakir got free with Paul Ramon in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Nicu Alexandrescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 20 minutes into the match, Estación Q.'s goal looked a bit too open when Nicu Alexandrescu came free, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Tadeo Lesardo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paul Ramon. RamPa Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tadeo Lesardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 24th minute Nicu Alexandrescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute, Nicu Alexandrescu made a precise shot to the right of Arif Nihat Yıldıray. Estación Q.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Paul Ramon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tadeo Lesardo in the 38th minute of play. Arif Nihat Yıldıray made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicu Alexandrescu in the 43rd minute of play. In the 44th minute, Marcos Acuña hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nicu Alexandrescu scored 1-2 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arif Nihat Yıldıray, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nicu Alexandrescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tadeo Lesardo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul Ramon having to interfere. RamPa Football Club's Marino Pacheco was substituted for Bernardinho Bala. RamPa Football Club's Arda Nurettin was substituted for Nicu Alexandrescu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arda Nurettin in the 65th minute of play forced Estación Q.'s goalkeeper Arif Nihat Yıldıray to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arif Nihat Yıldıray took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arda Nurettin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arif Nihat Yıldıray showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arda Nurettin in the 69th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulinho Gonçalves in the 74th minute of play forced RamPa Football Club's goalkeeper Paul Ramon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Paulinho Gonçalves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paul Ramon. RamPa Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paulinho Gonçalves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Estación Q. made a substitution. Aurelio Mincho replaced Ziya Özcakir. A collision led to Estación Q. getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Virgilio Maraman hit a great ball. In the 84thth minute of the game Arda Nurettin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Estación Q.'s Arif Nihat Yıldıray was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 90th minute, Karmel Madaria 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. Zoilo Hoz hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. 95 minutes into the match, Estación Q.'s Paulinho Gonçalves sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paul Ramon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Estación Q. were awarded a corner in the 97th minute after RamPa Football Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Virgilio Maraman took the corner. Estación Q.'s Virgilio Maraman was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Paul Ramon in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.