Challenge

KIZIL ELMA
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gürcan İlmen started the match with the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Chris Nygaard managed to get in a good position for a shot. Denmark's supporters rose to their feet, but Chris Nygaard was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Müslüm Vefik breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Kızıl Elma getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Gürcan İlmen hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chris Nygaard in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Müslüm Vefik saved Kızıl Elma from getting behind. When the match clock showed 12 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Chris Nygaard sped through Kızıl Elma's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Müslüm Vefik. 16 minutes into the match, Denmark's goal looked a bit too open when Alemdar Özaltay came free, but Keld Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Kızıl Elma's Jerry Atkins got a free kick in the 17th minute. Gürcan İlmen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Keld Paulsen read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Chris Nygaard managed to get in a good position for a shot. Denmark's supporters rose to their feet, but Chris Nygaard was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Müslüm Vefik breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Chris Nygaard came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Denmark 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 Chris Nygaard couldn't finish the play. Bjarne Kirkegaard charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bjarne Kirkegaard the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Gürcan İlmen took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Keld Paulsen. Keld Paulsen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. In the 43rd minute of the game, Alemdar Özaltay landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. When Bjarne Kirkegaard was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 43 minutes had been played. After 45 played minutes Denmark got a freekick which was hit by Bjarne Kirkegaard. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bertram Svenningsen made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Batıkan Üçok hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 61st minute Ahmet Gündüz Çeliksu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keld Paulsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kızıl Elma's Gökalp Kadrican was substituted for Gürcan İlmen. In the 65th minute, Batıkan Üçok hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 67 minutes into the game, Olav Graversen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Denmark's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kızıl Elma the free kick. Olav Graversen kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Kızıl Elma made a substitution. Danilo Loi replaced Batıkan Üçok. After 68 played minutes Denmark got a freekick which was hit by Olav Graversen. Chris Nygaard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Müslüm Vefik having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Bertram Svenningsen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Müslüm Vefik was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Denmark defense, Ahmet Gündüz Çeliksu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Keld Paulsen. The Denmark fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Keld Paulsen should have stopped the shot. Denmark's Lars Steen managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jerry Atkins in the 82 minute of the game. When Gökalp Kadrican came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Kızıl Elma 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 Gökalp Kadrican couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet as Denmark's Mikkel Wulff slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Müslüm Vefik. That made the score 4-2 after 92 minutes of play. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Kızıl Elma were victorious despite being under pressure from Denmark for much of the match.