Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Enginsu Özal took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Martin Bosak made a precise shot to the right of Denizhan Onatkan. sirince's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 9 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Neven Culina. 15 minutes into the match, sirince's goal looked a bit too open when Neven Culina came free, but Denizhan Onatkan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denizhan Onatkan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Toni Mauzer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Denizhan Onatkan was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. With a little luck, Croatia's Ilija Skugor got control of the ball when Yavuz Selim Elmastaş tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 26th minute, Enginsu Özal fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Ilija Skugor, passed just outside the right post. Denizhan Onatkan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toni Mauzer in the 36th minute of the match. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Teo Gudelj hit a great ball. Denizhan Onatkan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toni Mauzer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Polat Uçkan's late challenge caught a Croatia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Polat Uçkan helped the player get up and apologised. In the 61st minute, Polat Uçkan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denizhan Onatkan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toni Mauzer in the 65th minute of play. Damir Pongrac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Doğaner Rebi kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Martin Bosak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yavuz Selim Elmastaş in the 80th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dinko Stankovic got free with Denizhan Onatkan in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Bosak in the 89th minute of play forced sirince's goalkeeper Denizhan Onatkan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.