Official Cup

Gürsel Aksel
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kyriakos Georgopoulos took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Kyriakos Georgopoulos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Utkan Ortaç. GÖZTEPE SK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kyriakos Georgopoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. GÖZTEPE SK's Utkan Ortaç played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilberto Gonçalves in the 7th minute of play. GÖZTEPE SK's Orbay Samin got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kyriakos Georgopoulos hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Iakovos Papadimass short, quick shot in the 14thth minute got Viriato Cruz to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyriakos Georgopoulos in the 17th minute of play forced GÖZTEPE SK's goalkeeper Utkan Ortaç to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of GÖZTEPE SK booed when ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alketas Anastasakos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Utkan Ortaç showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Egemen Tuna, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. GÖZTEPE SK's Utkan Ortaç played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thymios Pantoflaras in the 24th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyriakos Georgopoulos in the 26th minute of play forced GÖZTEPE SK's goalkeeper Utkan Ortaç to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's Gilberto Gonçalves got a free kick in the 28th minute. With 30 minutes on the clock, Loukas Kritikos commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 29th minute of the game. One of ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of GÖZTEPE SK:s goal. In the 35th minute Kyriakos Georgopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Utkan Ortaç saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Utkan Ortaç didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gilberto Gonçalves went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. 47 minutes into the match, ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's goal looked a bit too open when Vicente Flores came free, but Viriato Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vicente Flores stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iakovos Papadimas in the 60th minute of play forced ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's goalkeeper Viriato Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilberto Gonçalves in the 62nd minute of play forced GÖZTEPE SK's goalkeeper Utkan Ortaç to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Viriato Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vicente Flores in the 70th minute of play. Utkan Ortaç took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyriakos Georgopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 76 minutes, Iakovos Papadimas put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Viriato Cruz. In the 80th minute, Obi Mikel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind GÖZTEPE SK's goalkeeper Utkan Ortaç, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Viriato Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iakovos Papadimas in the 84th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kyriakos Georgopoulos in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Utkan Ortaç saved GÖZTEPE SK from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apostolis Stamatelopoulos in the 93rd minute of play forced GÖZTEPE SK's goalkeeper Utkan Ortaç to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.