Challenge

Ş. PÖH ERHAN KONUK
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) POZANTI SPOR's Marcin Degutis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Major Barna in the 4th minute of play. Hungary's Fodor Daniel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Hungary from getting a goal against them. Marcin Degutis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 9th minute of the match. 12 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. 13 minutes in the game Szekeres Tamas did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Major Barna. Marcin Degutis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 16th minute of the match. Dursun Yılğıralp might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fodor Daniel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dursun Yılğıralp ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, POZANTI SPOR's Laurent Blanc got a free kick in the 23rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Dursun Yılğıralp managed to get in a good position for a shot. POZANTI SPOR's supporters rose to their feet, but Dursun Yılğıralp was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fodor Daniel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Takacs Tibor in the 36th minute of play forced POZANTI SPOR's goalkeeper Marcin Degutis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Szekeres Tamas'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. Szekeres Tamas helped the player get up and apologised. After 43 played minutes Hungary got a freekick which was hit by Szekeres Tamas. In the 47th 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. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dursun Yılğıralp stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marcin Degutis made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Antal Valentin sent off a good shot on target. When Emre Bolat fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored POZANTI SPOR's protests and gave Emre Bolat a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to POZANTI SPOR getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Emre Bolat hit a great ball. After 56 minutes Hungary's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Emre Bolat who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Hungary's goalie and right to Ahmet Boran Bircanoğlu. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Hungary's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 58 played minutes Hungary got a freekick which was hit by Bakos Endre. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dursun Yılğıralp in the 63rd minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Hungary booed when POZANTI SPOR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dursun Yılğıralp didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dursun Yılğıralp in the 70th minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fodor Daniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yusuf Salah, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antal Valentin got free with Marcin Degutis in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 85th minute, Szekeres Tamas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Hungary getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Szekeres Tamas hit a great ball. In the 89th minute, Emre Bolat made a precise shot to the right of Fodor Daniel. Hungary's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After some careless play in the POZANTI SPOR defense, Major Barna kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcin Degutis. The POZANTI SPOR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcin Degutis should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Hungary players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.