Challenge

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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kamil Babacan took the kick off in the first half of the match. Keld Paulsen made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Koray Suer sent off a good shot on target. Lars Steen charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lars Steen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th match minute, Denmark was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lars Steen to maneuver through the defense. Keld Paulsen was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Rüknettin Tosunoğlu. With a little luck, Denmark's Keld Paulsen got control of the ball when Kamil Babacan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Chris Nygaard kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. In the 12th match minute, Denmark was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mathias Ludvigsen to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute, Bertil Wassenius fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Keld Paulsen, passed just outside the right post. In the 16th minute, Kamil Babacan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Keld Paulsen was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Koray Suer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 23 minutes into the match, Bertil Wassenius had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Keld Paulsen. Denmark's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bertil Wassenius was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Svante Åberg put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Keld Paulsen. When G . S A R A Y's Kamil Babacan in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Denmark's goalie prevented a goal. Svante Åberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kamil Babacan in the 40thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Keld Paulsen, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chris Nygaard made a kick off. Miromir Kociniewski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chris Nygaard's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Keld Paulsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Svante Åberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Denmark's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rüknettin Tosunoğlu was slow to take the kick. During this time G . S A R A Y's players had a chance to rest. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Kamil Babacan advanced and headed the ball into goal, 7-0 in the 59th minute. 69 minutes in the game Babbis Meletos did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Rüknettin Tosunoğlu. The supporters of Denmark booed when G . S A R A Y was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Babbis Meletos didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Koray Suer in the 81st minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Bertil Wassenius made in the 92nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Rüknettin Tosunoğlu. In the 93rd minute, Koray Suer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Keld Paulsen was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The G . S A R A Y fans cheered their team off the field, for while Denmark had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.