Official Cup

Carlos Bianchi
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Veritas F.C's Serhan Şahin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serhan Şahin in the 4th minute of play forced Deportivo Mukenio's goalkeeper Ruben Benvido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matias Llanos during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Veritas F.C booed when Deportivo Mukenio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matias Llanos didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Veritas F.C getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Taha Maldini hit a great ball. In the 13th minute, Taha Maldini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Filiberto Gombal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mustafa Haydar Darga having to interfere. The supporters of Veritas F.C booed when Deportivo Mukenio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vinicio Lon didn't get a good kick on the ball. 17 minutes into the match, Serhan Şahin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruben Benvido. Deportivo Mukenio's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Serhan Şahin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The Veritas F.C fans' excitement grew in the 21st match minute when Veritas F.C's Serhan Şahin 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 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After a defensive mix-up in Deportivo Mukenio's zone, Serhan Şahin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ruben Benvido came out of the goal and Serhan Şahin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vinicio Lon during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Deportivo Mukenio getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Vinicio Lon hit a great ball. After 27 minutes, Buğra Denizcan made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Deportivo Mukenio's Ruben Benvido tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Vinicio Lon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Mustafa Haydar Darga made a huge save. Mustafa Haydar Darga made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Matias Llanos sent off a good shot on target. 33 minutes into the match, Deportivo Mukenio's goal looked a bit too open when Serhan Şahin came free, but Ruben Benvido reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes into the game, Serhan Şahin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Ruben Benvido was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 41 minutes into the game, Serhan Şahin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Ruben Benvido was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Buğra Denizcan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 47th minute Serhan Şahin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Benvido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Matias Llanos was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute of the match Veritas F.C got a corner. Deportivo Mukenio's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ahmet Koralp Karadağ ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Ahmet Koralp Karadağ got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ruben Benvido quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Mukenio's Matias Llanos got a free kick in the 56th minute. The Veritas F.C fans' excitement grew in the 58th match minute when Veritas F.C's Serhan Şahin 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 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Ruben Benvido didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Veritas F.C's Serhan Şahin shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-9 in the ordered_time% minute. With his leg Ruben Benvido managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when Veritas F.C's Serhan Şahin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, Deportivo Mukenio's Ruben Benvido got control of the ball when Serhan Şahin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Veritas F.C played a much better game than Deportivo Mukenio and deserved their victory. The Deportivo Mukenio players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.