Official Cup

ERDEMİR STADI
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vinicio Saturnin kicked off to start the match. Ibrahim Thoraval hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Minchev in the 5th minute of play forced ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goalkeeper Fernando Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fernando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eulalio Cristofol in the 7th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goal looked a bit too open when Eulalio Cristofol came free, but Fernando Muslera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wild Cats were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after ŞİMAL YILDIZI's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tommy Kihlberg took the corner. After 16 minutes, Martin Minchev made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. ŞİMAL YILDIZI's Fernando Muslera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 20 minutes into the game, ŞİMAL YILDIZI's Vinicio Saturnin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Joar Svensson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Fernando Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Minchev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute Eulalio Cristofol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Muslera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 27 minutes of play, Wild Cats's Jörn Andersson made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Muslera was left in no man's land by his defense there! 30 minutes into the match, ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Minchev came free, but Fernando Muslera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute Eulalio Cristofol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Muslera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Minchev in the 34th minute of play forced ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goalkeeper Fernando Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eulalio Cristofol in the 35th minute of play forced ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goalkeeper Fernando Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute, Jörn Andersson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wild Cats fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Fernando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jörn Andersson in the 43rd minute of the match. Eulalio Cristofol blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fernando Muslera having to make a save. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Martin Minchev made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Halit Ziya Murat in the 51st minute of play forced Wild Cats's goalkeeper Joar Svensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 51st minute Halit Ziya Murat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joar Svensson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joar Svensson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Halit Ziya Murat in the 52nd minute of play. After 53 minutes Wild Cats's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tibet Yerlikaya who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Tibet Yerlikaya almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Wild Cats's Joar Svensson did a great save. The supporters of ŞİMAL YILDIZI booed when Wild Cats was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexander Vennerlund didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Halit Ziya Murat in the 66th minute of play forced Wild Cats's goalkeeper Joar Svensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Wild Cats's Alexander Vennerlund got a free kick in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Minchev in the 71st minute of play forced ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goalkeeper Fernando Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute of the match Wild Cats got a corner. ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tommy Kihlberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. 74 minutes into the match, ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goalkeeper Fernando Muslera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eulalio Cristofol. 75 minutes into the match, ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goal looked a bit too open when Eulalio Cristofol came free, but Fernando Muslera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fernando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jörn Andersson in the 78th minute of the match. Jörn Andersson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Fernando Muslera made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Minchev in the 88th minute of play forced ŞİMAL YILDIZI's goalkeeper Fernando Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gürol Ulus's late challenge caught a Wild Cats's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gürol Ulus helped the player get up and apologised. In the 90th minute, Gürol Ulus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tommy Kihlberg's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fernando Muslera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Minchev got free with Fernando Muslera in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eulalio Cristofol's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 95thth minute, Fernando Muslera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Wild Cats played a much better game than ŞİMAL YILDIZI and deserved their victory. The ŞİMAL YILDIZI players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.