Official Cup

CITY OF 1STANBUL
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Leonides Xacintu started the match with the kick off. Ertuğrul Ersoy's late challenge caught a 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ertuğrul Ersoy helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd minute, one of Alpachiri AFC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Alpachiri AFC. Eduardo Karmel had in the 3rdth minute some difficulties stopping Leonides Xacintu's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 3rd minute, Leonides Xacintu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eduardo Karmel was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The referee felt a red card was in order, 11 minutes into the game, when Tayfur Torkal put in a rough tackle. Cido Araújo placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! Leonides Xacintu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Eduardo Karmel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 19 minutes into the match, 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael Leobardo came free, but Atak Üke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Augusto Elequemedo in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Atak Üke saved 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Augusto Elequemedo put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Atak Üke. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonides Xacintu in the 24th minute of play forced Alpachiri AFC's goalkeeper Eduardo Karmel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atak Üke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Bartolome, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute Patricio Bartolome shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atak Üke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Leonides Xacintu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Eduardo Karmel. The goal made the score 2-1. 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aigar Ojaperv in the 37th minute. A nice corner shot did that Aigar Ojaperv got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Eduardo Karmel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Patricio Bartolome put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Atak Üke. Eduardo Karmel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonides Xacintu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leonides Xacintu in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eduardo Karmel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

Eduardo Karmel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonides Xacintu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 54 minutes into the match, 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's goal looked a bit too open when Luisito Abad came free, but Atak Üke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute, Leonides Xacintu made a precise shot to the right of Eduardo Karmel. Alpachiri AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Eduardo Karmel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferhan Saik, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Alpachiri AFC's Santiago Txilar was substituted for Luisito Abad. 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB made a substitution. İskender Baki Üstüner replaced Vincent Kompany. 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aigar Ojaperv in the 63rd minute. 66 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alpachiri AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aigar Ojaperv was slow to take the kick. During this time 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's players had a chance to rest. Atak Üke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Bartolome in the 68th minute of play. Atak Üke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael Leobardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rafael Leobardo who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 71stth minute tested the skills of Atak Üke when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 78 minutes into the match, Leonides Xacintu notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of Alpachiri AFC's Eduardo Karmel. Eduardo Karmel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Atak Üke was a little too slow when Santiago Txilar got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 5-3. Eduardo Karmel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonides Xacintu in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 85th minute Santiago Txilar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atak Üke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, Leonides Xacintu notched a goal, 6-3, to the right of Alpachiri AFC's Eduardo Karmel. Eduardo Karmel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.