Official Cup

Viejo Monumental
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Serhat Oytunç made the kick off which started today's match. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Robert Collen managed to get in a good position for a shot. KOO Tigers's supporters rose to their feet, but Robert Collen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Irakliy Ozhogin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Serhat Oytunç got in the 5th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Uğuralp Vasfi handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. After 7 minutes of play, KOO Tigers's Robert Collen made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Irakliy Ozhogin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serhat Oytunç in the 11th minute of play. Carl Skytt's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Uğuralp Vasfi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 17 played minutes KOO Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Emin Bayram. Uğuralp Vasfi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Strahil Milyov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21st minute of the game Selatse Betances made a throw-in which Primo Buiza played forward. After having played for 23 minutes, Robert Collen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KOO Tigers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Robert Collen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 29th minute KOO Tigers were awarded a corner. Mickey Rothwell went to the cornerflag to take it. Mickey Rothwell made a great header on KOO Tigers's corner, it was just that Ríver Late's Irakliy Ozhogin managed to reach the ball for a save. Irakliy Ozhogin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Collen in the 34th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carl Skytt got free with Uğuralp Vasfi in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. KOO Tigers's Uğuralp Vasfi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save KOO Tigers from getting a goal against them. Irakliy Ozhogin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Collen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Selatse Betances charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Selatse Betances the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Selatse Betances hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Robert Collen in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Irakliy Ozhogin saved Ríver Late from getting behind. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Robert Collen made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serhat Oytunç in the 54th minute of play forced KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Uğuralp Vasfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Irakliy Ozhogin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Collen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ríver Late made a substitution. Vitin Corzana replaced Strahil Milyov. After 58 played minutes KOO Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Urbano Fidencio. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robert Collen got free with Irakliy Ozhogin in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 76 minutes into the game, KOO Tigers's Robert Collen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Irakliy Ozhogin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. KOO Tigers's Xiao Yu Chao was substituted for Robert Collen. Ríver Late made a substitution. Raymond Areces replaced Carl Skytt. Rüştü Eldemir's late challenge caught a Ríver Late's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rüştü Eldemir helped the player get up and apologised. After some careless play in the KOO Tigers defense, Serhat Oytunç kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Uğuralp Vasfi. The KOO Tigers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Uğuralp Vasfi should have stopped the shot. Raymond Areces struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Uğuralp Vasfi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ríver Late. In the 86th minute Xiao Yu Chao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Irakliy Ozhogin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Kalle Fors in the 87th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by KOO Tigers's Kudret Şükrü. In the 91st minute of the match, Xiao Yu Chao tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Irakliy Ozhogin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a rather tough play, KOO Tigers's Urbano Fidencio got a free kick in the 93rd minute. KOO Tigers's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.