Challenge

Spain Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Spain's Omar Toledo 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 1461 Trabzon getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Yusuf İrem hit a great ball. In the 6th minute of the match, Adria Bielsa tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ender Tanacan saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. A nice corner shot did that Adria Bielsa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ender Tanacan quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mateusz Matusiak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ender Tanacan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Omar Toledo in the 13th minute. Israel Jurado kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the game, Mateusz Matusiak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gabriel Ascaso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gabriel Ascaso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateusz Matusiak in the 24th minute of play. Spain were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after 1461 Trabzon's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Omar Toledo took the corner. After taking down the ball on Spain's corner David Aranda fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ender Tanacan quite easily take care of the ball. David Aranda did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Ender Tanacan 26 minutes into the match. Spain's Omar Toledo got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 1461 Trabzon's Ender Tanacan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save 1461 Trabzon from getting a goal against them. A throw-in in the 47th minute of the game was made by Jonathan Criado with Jon Cubero as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Mateusz Matusiak made the kick off in the second half. Adria Bielsa took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ender Tanacan. Ender Tanacan 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. Ender Tanacan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omar Toledo in the 60th minute of the match. After some careless play in the 1461 Trabzon defense, Omar Toledo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ender Tanacan. The 1461 Trabzon fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ender Tanacan should have stopped the shot. Ender Tanacan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adria Bielsa, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 77th minute, Mateusz Matusiak 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's Pau Herrero was substituted for David Aranda. After a rather tough play, 1461 Trabzon's Azmi Olgunsoy got a free kick in the 79th minute. In the 83rd minute, Mateusz Matusiak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 1461 Trabzon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carles Cherro in the 88th minute of play forced 1461 Trabzon's goalkeeper Ender Tanacan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the match, Sergio Ruiz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ender Tanacan. 1461 Trabzon's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sergio Ruiz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. There was no doubt that Spain were the better team. Spain's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.