Official Cup

Wamba Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yu Xi got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, H E P T A N FC's Herbert Tamulewicz got control of the ball when Brian Finnman tried to sneak it across the goal line. Herbert Tamulewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brian Finnman, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. H E P T A N FC's Herbert Tamulewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Egídio Seco in the 13th minute of play. After 19 minutes, Florin Acevedo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Wambalamba FC and the H E P T A N FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 19th minute, Florin Acevedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 21 played minutes H E P T A N FC got a freekick which was hit by Aras Görkem Zümer. Herbert Tamulewicz was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Brian Finnman. 28 minutes into the match, H E P T A N FC's goal looked a bit too open when João Carlos Vianna came free, but Herbert Tamulewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Yu Xi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Herbert Tamulewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Carlos Vianna in the 32nd minute of the match. H E P T A N FC's Herbert Tamulewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save H E P T A N FC from getting a goal against them. Cris Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yu Xi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Yu Xi managed to get in a good position for a shot. H E P T A N FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Yu Xi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cris Courtois breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 38 minutes into the match, Wambalamba FC's Juarês Donato sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Herbert Tamulewicz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by H E P T A N FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Brian Finnman was slow to take the kick. During this time Wambalamba FC's players had a chance to rest. Brian Finnman made a great header on Wambalamba FC's corner, it was just that H E P T A N FC's Herbert Tamulewicz managed to reach the ball for a save. After 42 played minutes H E P T A N FC got a freekick which was hit by Aykut Zihni. Cris Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yu Xi in the 44th minute of play. In the 44th minute Macit Taşel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cris Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 46 minutes Wambalamba FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Atabey Ökten who took care of the corner kick.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Léo Souto made a kick off. Herbert Tamulewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brian Finnman in the 53rd minute of play. If Yu Xi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Herbert Tamulewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juarês Donato, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. If Yu Xi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 62nd minute Brian Finnman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Tamulewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cris Courtois was a little too slow when Yu Xi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 0-1. 70 minutes into the match, H E P T A N FC's goal looked a bit too open when Juarês Donato came free, but Herbert Tamulewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 71st minute João Carlos Vianna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Tamulewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, H E P T A N FC's goal looked a bit too open when João Carlos Vianna came free, but Herbert Tamulewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Hüsmen Ulutaş hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yu Xi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Cris Courtois tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, H E P T A N FC's Kuzey Ustam got a free kick in the 77th minute. 79 minutes into the match, Wambalamba FC's goal looked a bit too open when Macit Taşel came free, but Cris Courtois reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Rolf Pilgren in the 83rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by H E P T A N FC's Fazlı Nasrullah. If Yu Xi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Wambalamba FC's Cris Courtois proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Wambalamba FC from getting a goal against them. Herbert Tamulewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juarês Donato in the 89th minute of play. Andre-Yann Dospel's late challenge caught a H E P T A N FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andre-Yann Dospel helped the player get up and apologised. Andre-Yann Dospel kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. In the 91st minute of the match Atabey Ökten sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cris Courtois skillfully saved the ball. Cris Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yu Xi, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The H E P T A N FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing H E P T A N FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.