Challenge

MeRSiN-AReNA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kamer Özkaya took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Sandro Galishoff came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Austria 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 Sandro Galishoff couldn't finish the play. In the 6th minute, Leonhard Maier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sandro Galishoff blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ardahan Hekimbaşı having to make a save. After a rather tough play, Austria's Sandro Galishoff got a free kick in the 13th minute. 14 minutes into the game, MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu's Kubilay Hasret nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fabio Auer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Hulki Akçiçek hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Ardahan Hekimbaşı made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Schneider in the 22nd minute of play. 23 minutes into the game, Austria's Sandro Galishoff nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ardahan Hekimbaşı made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 26th minute Kamer Özkaya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabio Auer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 27 played minutes MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu got a freekick which was hit by Cemil Açıkel. Sandro Galishoff fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ardahan Hekimbaşı having to interfere. Jonas Nalder might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ardahan Hekimbaşı. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jonas Nalder ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu's Hulki Akçiçek got a free kick in the 37th minute. If Jonas Nalder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 40 played minutes MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu got a freekick which was hit by Behzat Özal. Hulki Akçiçek charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hulki Akçiçek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sandro Galishoff made a kick off. The supporters of MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabio Schneider didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kamer Özkaya, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 68 minutes, Rafael Riedl mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Austria and the MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 68 played minutes Austria got a freekick which was hit by Rafael Riedl. The supporters of Austria booed when MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kamer Özkaya didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute, MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu's Kamer Özkaya fired away a free kick that almost went in the goal. Fabio Auer was prepared for the shot, but didn't have to make a play as the shot flew over the goal. Fabio Schneider recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Austria's Sandro Galishoff got a free kick in the 80th minute. Fabio Schneider sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sandro Galishoff kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Austria's Rafael Riedl got a free kick in the 86th minute. Kubilay Hasret received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Fabio Auer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Kubilay Hasret managed to get in a good position for a shot. MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu's supporters rose to their feet, but Kubilay Hasret was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabio Auer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ardahan Hekimbaşı showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Nalder in the 96th minute of the match. A collision led to MeRSiN-İDMaN-YuRDu getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Ferdi Bro hit a great ball. Despite being the better team, Austria failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.