Challenge

Ş. PÖH ERHAN KONUK
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Hungary's Antal Valentin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Xiao Cheng Chao might have been able to make a better finish in the 2nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fodor Daniel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xiao Cheng Chao ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Major Barna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcin Degutis was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Balazs Lajos in the 6th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by POZANTI SPOR's Ahmet Boran Bircanoğlu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Major Barna in the 8th minute of play forced POZANTI SPOR's goalkeeper Marcin Degutis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes into the match, Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dursun Yılğıralp. Fodor Daniel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emre Bolat in the 15th minute. In the 16th minute of the match POZANTI SPOR got a corner. Hungary's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Emre Bolat ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led POZANTI SPOR's Dursun Yılğıralp to fire away a dangerous shot which Fodor Daniel despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Marcin Degutis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antal Valentin in the 18th minute of play. After 24 minutes of play, Hungary's Antal Valentin made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcin Degutis was left in no man's land by his defense there! 31 minutes into the match, POZANTI SPOR's goal looked a bit too open when Takacs Tibor came free, but Marcin Degutis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcin Degutis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Balazs Lajos in the 33rd minute of play. In the 37th minute Major Barna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcin Degutis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41st minute, Laurent Blanc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcin Degutis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Major Barna in the 47th minute of play. Bakos Endre's late challenge caught a POZANTI SPOR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bakos Endre helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of POZANTI SPOR booed when Hungary was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bakos Endre didn't get a good kick on the ball. The POZANTI SPOR players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Hungary were winning 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dursun Yılğıralp was the one to do the kick off. Antal Valentin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Marcin Degutis made a huge save. When Emre Bolat came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the POZANTI SPOR 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 Emre Bolat couldn't finish the play. Marcin Degutis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Antal Valentin in the 65th minute. After 71 played minutes Hungary got a freekick which was hit by Takacs Tibor. Xiao Cheng Chao hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. 77 minutes into the match, POZANTI SPOR's goal looked a bit too open when Major Barna came free, but Marcin Degutis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. POZANTI SPOR's Marcin Degutis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save POZANTI SPOR from getting a goal against them. In the 82nd minute, Juan-Carlos Franques hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Major Barna in the 84th minute of play forced POZANTI SPOR's goalkeeper Marcin Degutis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Dursun Yılğıralp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dursun Yılğıralp hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. The supporters of Hungary booed when POZANTI SPOR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dursun Yılğıralp didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 94 played minutes POZANTI SPOR got a freekick which was hit by Romain Bardet.