Challenge

Mehmet Polat
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abdullatif Ekiner kicked off to start the match. Ilija Skugor made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Özen Tuğrul sent off a good shot on target. Saruhan Yalın showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Mauzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After 12 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Damir Pongrac. After 14 played minutes Gariban Altyapı got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Ali Şinas. The audience was convinced that Toni Mauzer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saruhan Yalın was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. A collision led to Gariban Altyapı getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Ahmet Ali Şinas hit a great ball. Saruhan Yalın made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toni Mauzer in the 24th minute of play. Saruhan Yalın showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Bosak in the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damir Pongrac to maneuver through the defense. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from İsmail Orhun Nasip, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Saruhan Yalın showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Mauzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Toni Mauzer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Saruhan Yalın tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Toni Mauzer got a free kick in the 42nd minute. 46 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Abdullatif Ekiner came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Toni Mauzer to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Rıdvan Özakın 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. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdullatif Ekiner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gariban Altyapı's Saruhan Yalın played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Bosak in the 59th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Croatia's Neven Culina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Saruhan Yalın narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gariban Altyapı's Saruhan Yalın proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Gariban Altyapı from getting a goal against them. Dinko Stankovic scored 1-1 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Saruhan Yalın, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Özen Tuğrul in the 69th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmet Ali Şinas charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ahmet Ali Şinas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 70th minute, Ahmet Ali Şinas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st minute of the match Toni Mauzer shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Saruhan Yalın showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Benjamin Domazet charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benjamin Domazet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 73rd minute, one of Croatia: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 Croatia. Gariban Altyapı's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by İsmail Orhun Nasip in the 76th minute. In the 77th minute Gariban Altyapı were awarded a corner. İsmail Orhun Nasip went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that İsmail Orhun Nasip got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ilija Skugor quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Abdullatif Ekiner received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damir Pongrac in the 80th minute of play forced Gariban Altyapı's goalkeeper Saruhan Yalın to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Mauzer in the 85th minute of play forced Gariban Altyapı's goalkeeper Saruhan Yalın to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rıdvan Özakın scored 2-1 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ilija Skugor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdullatif Ekiner in the 94th minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, Abdullatif Ekiner notched a goal, 3-1, 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. Gariban Altyapı's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.