Challenge

Spain Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Omar Toledo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gabriel Ascaso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afiz Phua in the 4th minute of the match. 7 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Özgür Üstüner came free, but Gabriel Ascaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gabriel Ascaso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afiz Phua, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Jon Cubero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Semir Jakubović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adria Bielsa in the 19th minute of play. Omar Toledo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Semir Jakubović made a huge save. Gabriel Ascaso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cyryl Bojanowski in the 24th minute of play. Gabriel Ascaso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afiz Phua, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute Predators were awarded a corner. Gylippus Nikolakakos went to the cornerflag to take it. Afiz Phua received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Gabriel Ascaso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when David Aranda got free with Semir Jakubović in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 34 minutes of play, Spain's Adria Bielsa made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Semir Jakubović was left in no man's land by his defense there! Semir Jakubović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adria Bielsa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes into the game, Omar Toledo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Semir Jakubović was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cyryl Bojanowski to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Omar Toledo in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Semir Jakubović saved Predators from getting behind. After 56 minutes Predators's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Omar Toledo who took care of the corner kick. Omar Toledo made a great header on Spain's corner, it was just that Predators's Semir Jakubović managed to reach the ball for a save. Semir Jakubović showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jon Cubero, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. With a little luck, Spain's Gabriel Ascaso got control of the ball when Afiz Phua tried to sneak it across the goal line. Özgür Üstüner sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Spain made a substitution. Carles Cherro replaced Omar Toledo. Gabriel Ascaso made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Afiz Phua sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Özgür Üstüner in the 79th minute of play forced Spain's goalkeeper Gabriel Ascaso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Semir Jakubović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adria Bielsa in the 80th minute of play. In the 83rd minute Spain were awarded a corner. Jon Cubero went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Spain's Jonathan Criado to a score. 3-0 in the 84th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Predators's goal looked a bit too open when Carles Cherro came free, but Semir Jakubović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gabriel Ascaso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyryl Bojanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. When Özgür Üstüner came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Predators 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 Özgür Üstüner couldn't finish the play. Predators's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.