Challenge

TOKAT GAZİOSMANPAŞA
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Toni Mauzer made the kick off which started today's match. Khair ad-Din Barbarossa struck a weak shot in the 2nd minute. Ilija Skugor didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for TOKATSPOR. Thanks to some nice moves Tahir Paker could shoot a difficult shot in the 4th minute, which Ilija Skugor however easily saved by the left post. In the 6th minute Tahir Paker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khair ad-Din Barbarossa in the 11th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In the 14th minute of the match TOKATSPOR got a corner. Croatia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Khair ad-Din Barbarossa ran over to the corner to take the kick. Khair ad-Din Barbarossa made a great header on TOKATSPOR's corner, it was just that Croatia's Ilija Skugor managed to reach the ball for a save. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the 16th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Khair ad-Din Barbarossa came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute, TOKATSPOR's Norbert Winograd dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. 20 minutes into the game, Norbert Winograd recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ilija Skugor. Norbert Winograd showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. With a little luck, Croatia's Ilija Skugor got control of the ball when Tahir Paker tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ilija Skugor made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Dimas Aspurua sent off a good shot on target. In the 28th minute, Dimas Aspurua made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. In the 33rd minute, Dimas Aspurua left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TOKATSPOR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khair ad-Din Barbarossa in the 39th minute of the match. Ilija Skugor was a little too slow when Norbert Winograd got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 41st minute. The score was now 6-0. Ilija Skugor made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Uğur Şanalp sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dimas Aspurua was the one to do the kick off. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khair ad-Din Barbarossa in the 52nd minute of the match. 54 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute, Tahir Paker left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TOKATSPOR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. In the 57th minute, Eduard Kostelac hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Benjamin Domazet got a free kick in the 58th minute. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khair ad-Din Barbarossa in the 59th minute of the match. If Tahir Paker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 61 minutes into the match, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Croatia's Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 65 minutes of play, TOKATSPOR's Dimas Aspurua made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! 69 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Dimas Aspurua came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Norbert Winograd took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimas Aspurua in the 75th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Eduard Kostelac hit a great ball. After 81 played minutes, TOKATSPOR's Uğur Şanalp shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ilija Skugor came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in TOKATSPOR reached it. 83 minutes into the match, Tahir Paker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tahir Paker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dimas Aspurua went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 13-0 was the resulting score. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimas Aspurua, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Benjamin Domazet kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. TOKATSPOR fully deserved thier win.