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KARAGÜLLE GOLD ARENA
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Nereo Luke started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Spain getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Israel Jurado hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Bobby Pires tried to score from far away in the 8th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. A nice corner shot did that Bobby Pires got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gabriel Ascaso quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Nereo Luke's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gabriel Ascaso read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd minute, Batıhan Seyfeddin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Spain's zone, Nereo Luke stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gabriel Ascaso came out of the goal and Nereo Luke tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nizam Soner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omar Toledo in the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th minute, Nereo Luke ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gabriel Ascaso was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Nereo Luke could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Gabriel Ascaso made a huge save. A collision led to Spain getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Israel Jurado hit a great ball. Gabriel Ascaso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bobby Pires in the 32nd minute of the match. Gabriel Ascaso made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Batıhan Seyfeddin sent off a good shot on target. In the 41st minute !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU were awarded a corner. Bobby Pires went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Bobby Pires to fire away a dangerous shot which Gabriel Ascaso despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Nizam Soner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Aranda, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Omar Toledo was the one to do the kick off. Vicente Merino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Nizam Soner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 63 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Nereo Luke came free, but Gabriel Ascaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's goal looked a bit too open when Adria Bielsa came free, but Nizam Soner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nizam Soner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adria Bielsa in the 66th minute of the match. Adria Bielsa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nizam Soner came out and tried to block the shot, but Adria Bielsa slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 78th minute. Spain's Sergio Ruiz was substituted for Adria Bielsa. 87 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Nereo Luke came free, but Gabriel Ascaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nereo Luke in the 88th minute of play forced Spain's goalkeeper Gabriel Ascaso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gabriel Ascaso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Batıhan Seyfeddin in the 93rd minute of play. In the 94th minute, Orhan Veli Tunçkurt got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Spain were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU to leave the ground with a draw.