Challenge

ATATÜRK STATYUMU
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bican Durualp took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 played minutes ESKİŞEHİRSPOR got a freekick which was hit by Haşmet Tuğtaşı. Okan Akdoğan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alan Rezek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the ESKİŞEHİRSPOR defense, Alan Rezek kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Okan Akdoğan. The ESKİŞEHİRSPOR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Okan Akdoğan should have stopped the shot. Gökalp Mehdi struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Vavrinec Holub didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ESKİŞEHİRSPOR. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Svatopluk Capek hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's Abdulvahit Tunç got a free kick in the 9th minute. Alan Rezek's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Okan Akdoğan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. After 20th play minutes Bican Durualp shot 1-1, a short shot which went by Vavrinec Holub and just under the crossbar into goal. Vavrinec Holub was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bican Durualp showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 23 minute of play. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Erik Jilek hit a great ball. Alan Rezek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Okan Akdoğan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 35th minute, Alan Rezek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bican Durualp in the 36th minute of the match. ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erkan Başok in the 38th minute. The corner ended in Zafer Oncel almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub did a great save. A hard shot 41 in the game by Gökalp Mehdi from a close distance when the talented Vavrinec Holub managed to make a qualified save. Czech Republic's players were relieved. In the 42nd minute, Bican Durualp reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vavrinec Holub. The goal made the score 4-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erik Jilek made a kick off. 52 minutes into the game, ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's Bican Durualp nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vavrinec Holub made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bican Durualp in the 55th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Czech Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Zafer Oncel came free, but Vavrinec Holub reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bican Durualp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gökalp Mehdi in the 61st minute of play. The ESKİŞEHİRSPOR fans' excitement grew in the 67th match minute when ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's Bican Durualp 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 6-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. A nice corner shot did that Erkan Başok got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vavrinec Holub quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Okan Akdoğan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alan Rezek in the 75th minute. After having played for 81 minutes, Alan Rezek managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Czech Republic's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alan Rezek was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Abdulvahit Tunç's late challenge caught a Czech Republic's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdulvahit Tunç helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ESKİŞEHİRSPOR getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Abdulvahit Tunç hit a great ball. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bican Durualp in the 85th minute of play. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zafer Oncel in the 87th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Czech Republic's zone, Abdulvahit Tunç stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal and Abdulvahit Tunç tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 96 played minutes ESKİŞEHİRSPOR got a freekick which was hit by Erkan Başok. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. ESKİŞEHİRSPOR had played much better football throughout.