Challenge

SOMINECO ARENA
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mir Güzel took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Bertram Svenningsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Seçkin Eroğul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Chris Nygaard sped through SOMINECO's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Seçkin Eroğul. In the 11th minute, Chris Nygaard 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. Ensar Bayülgen hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. After 15 minutes, Rüştü Uzma mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SOMINECO and the Denmark players grew even worse after the yellow card. 17 minutes into the match, Bertram Svenningsen notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of SOMINECO's Seçkin Eroğul. Seçkin Eroğul was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bertram Svenningsen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 23 minutes into the match, SOMINECO's goal looked a bit too open when Chris Nygaard came free, but Seçkin Eroğul reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bertram Svenningsen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Seçkin Eroğul tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Seçkin Eroğul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chris Nygaard, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Keld Paulsen made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Murathan Ensar sent off a good shot on target. Cihan Kisačević fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keld Paulsen having to interfere. After 36 minutes, Theis Winther mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Denmark and the SOMINECO players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of SOMINECO booed when Denmark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Theis Winther didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute of the match Murathan Ensar shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Keld Paulsen showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cihan Kisačević.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Chris Nygaard was the one to do the kick off. If Chris Nygaard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cihan Kisačević kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. In the 57th minute, Mir Güzel made a precise shot to the right of Keld Paulsen. Denmark's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. 60 minutes into the match, Denmark's goal looked a bit too open when Mir Güzel came free, but Keld Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Keld Paulsen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cihan Kisačević's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. If Cihan Kisačević had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mir Güzel in the 65th minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, SOMINECO's Murathan Ensar got a free kick in the 65th minute. Chris Nygaard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Seçkin Eroğul tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Mikkel Wulff had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 76th minute, Lars Steen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denmark's Mikkel Wulff got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mir Güzel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th minute, Bertram Svenningsen 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. If Chris Nygaard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Cihan Kisačević's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Keld Paulsen was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. When the match was over Denmark could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than SOMINECO throughout the match.