Challenge

Zımparalama Merkezi
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Toni Mauzer got the match started through his kick off. Celalettin Bucuklu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Bosak, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Serhan Atatuğ in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilija Skugor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sabahattin Akdağ could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Ilija Skugor made a huge save. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serhan Atatuğ, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Lefter Heybetli's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ilija Skugor firmly grabbed it by the left post. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Damir Pongrac hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Zımpara Gücü's Yakup Kadri Siddik got a free kick in the 26th minute. Celalettin Bucuklu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damir Pongrac went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 31st minute, Serhan Atatuğ hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ilija Skugor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lefter Heybetli in the 38th minute. 48 minutes into the match, Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sabahattin Akdağ.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Serhan Atatuğ stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 56th match minute, Zımpara Gücü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lefter Heybetli to maneuver through the defense. Sabahattin Akdağ's late challenge caught a Croatia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sabahattin Akdağ helped the player get up and apologised. Sabahattin Akdağ hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Croatia's Dinko Stankovic got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orhan Veli Tankut, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute Serhan Atatuğ 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. When Toni Mauzer came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Croatia 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 Toni Mauzer couldn't finish the play. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Serhan Atatuğ, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sabahattin Akdağ scored 1-1 in the 75th 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. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Hacı Maruf stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Hacı Maruf tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 81 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Sabahattin Akdağ came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serhan Atatuğ, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sabahattin Akdağ in the 96th minute of the match. Damir Pongrac charged in rather forcefully in the 97th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Damir Pongrac the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Damir Pongrac hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Croatia players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Zımpara Gücü.