Official Cup

Arena Dchamps
Spectators: 494 (Terracing: 371, Seating: 114, VIP seats: 9) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Olcay Bozkurt kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olcay Bozkurt in the 7th minute of play forced América-SC F.C.'s goalkeeper Arkadiusz Smolarek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexandros Iordanidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Resul Erdemalp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. América-SC F.C.'s Arkadiusz Smolarek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Ugutz in the 10th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in América-SC F.C.'s zone, Zhao Xun Jun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arkadiusz Smolarek came out of the goal and Zhao Xun Jun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Guga Simão hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. 19 minutes into the match, América-SC F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Ugutz came free, but Arkadiusz Smolarek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lucas Arce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. América-SC F.C.'s Arkadiusz Smolarek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Ugutz in the 22nd minute of play. Arkadiusz Smolarek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iosif Cupșa in the 25th minute of the match. Arkadiusz Smolarek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olcay Bozkurt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the match, América-SC F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Ugutz came free, but Arkadiusz Smolarek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to RO Army V55 getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Edgardo Ugutz hit a great ball. América-SC F.C. were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after RO Army V55's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hílton Souza took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Lucas Arce managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The RO Army V55 fans' excitement grew in the 38th match minute when RO Army V55's Edgardo Ugutz looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 40thth minute of the game Edgardo Ugutz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but América-SC F.C.'s Arkadiusz Smolarek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After the first half RO Army V55 were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Resul Erdemalp made a kick off. RO Army V55's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Demis Grigoriadis in the 55th minute. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Olcay Bozkurt got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 0-2. 55 minutes into the match. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 58th minute, but Arkadiusz Smolarek got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving América-SC F.C. hanging dry this time. The supporters of RO Army V55 booed when América-SC F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Resul Erdemalp didn't get a good kick on the ball. Iosif Cupșa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Arkadiusz Smolarek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Olcay Bozkurt might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arkadiusz Smolarek. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Olcay Bozkurt ran back to his position shaking his head. Alexandros Iordanidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edson Faria in the 68th minute of play. In the 70th minute Edson Faria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexandros Iordanidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute, Elder Domingues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 79 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's goal looked a bit too open when Gabi Gol came free, but Alexandros Iordanidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, Elder Domingues had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexandros Iordanidis. RO Army V55's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elder Domingues was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. RO Army V55's Alexandros Iordanidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edson Faria in the 86th minute of play. América-SC F.C.'s goalkeeper couldn't reach when Olcay Bozkurt 87 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-3. After 94 minutes, Edgardo Ugutz made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. América-SC F.C.'s Arkadiusz Smolarek tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched RO Army V55 eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.