Challenge

Pehlivanköy Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Metod Mlynar took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nuri Kaan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Henrich Slany having to make a save. Henrich Slany was a little too slow when Mustafa Gurbet got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 7th minute. The score was now 1-0. The referee felt a red card was in order, 10 minutes into the game, when Stefan Havel put in a rough tackle. In the 10th minute, one of Slovakia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Slovakia. When the match had been going on for 12 minutes, Pehlivanköy's Marian Armanca got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Henrich Slany. Henrich Slany didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Atakan Sarik went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 21stth minute of the game Metod Mlynar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pehlivanköy's Soner Şirzat was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Henrich Slany didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Atakan Sarik went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Gazi Seralp kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Metod Mlynar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Soner Şirzat was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. In the 33rd minute Oliver Holub shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Soner Şirzat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 34 played minutes Slovakia got a freekick which was hit by Pavol Koleno. Nuri Kaan hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Henrich Slany showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atakan Sarik in the 39th minute of the match. Atakan Sarik could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Henrich Slany made a huge save. After having played for 41 minutes, Metod Mlynar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Slovakia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Metod Mlynar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 46th minute, Oliver Holub hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Pavol Koleno kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Henrich Slany made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tibet Ceberut in the 53rd minute of play. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pehlivanköy's goalkeeper Soner Şirzat, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Oliver Holub got a free kick in the 61st minute. 67 minutes into the match, Ali Atıf Lebib had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henrich Slany. Slovakia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ali Atıf Lebib was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Pehlivanköy's Mustafa Gurbet got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Metod Mlynar came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Slovakia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Metod Mlynar couldn't finish the play. 80 minutes into the game, Oliver Holub cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Soner Şirzat was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 82nd minute Vavrinec Koleno suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Mustafa Gurbet's late challenge caught a Slovakia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mustafa Gurbet helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th match minute, Pehlivanköy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mustafa Gurbet to maneuver through the defense. Metod Mlynar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Soner Şirzat having to interfere. When Marian Armanca fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pehlivanköy's protests and gave Marian Armanca a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Pehlivanköy fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 86th minute. Penalty! Soner Şirzat went to the wrong direction when Pavol Koleno was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Soner Şirzat made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Metod Mlynar sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Metod Mlynar got free with Soner Şirzat in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Metod Mlynar came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Slovakia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Metod Mlynar couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Pehlivanköy had won after a very even match.