Challenge

H.Avni Aker
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matteo Mata in the 3rd minute of the match. If Matteo Mata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 14th minute, when Matteo Mata scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Matteo Mata got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Ferrant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Matteo Mata showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 26 minute of play. Rigoberto Mina kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. The supporters of ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guillermo Mariano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Derman Soysaldı saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the game, Matteo Mata cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Matteo Mata might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Matteo Mata ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 44th match minute, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leopoldo Boniel to maneuver through the defense. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matteo Mata to make the kick off. Matteo Mata took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matteo Mata in the 55th minute of the match. 58 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Matteo Mata came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matteo Mata went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. In the 64th match minute, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Atahan Balyemez to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joshua Secada to maneuver through the defense. Matteo Mata took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Matteo Mata's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► made a substitution. Abdülhak Savgat replaced Atahan Balyemez. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Sacit Övünç was substituted for Mete Taçkın. After having played for 79 minutes, Matteo Mata managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Matteo Mata was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 84th minute, Matteo Mata ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. Matteo Mata might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Matteo Mata ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matteo Mata in the 88th minute of play. 89 minutes into the game, Matteo Mata cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A throw-in in the 94th minute of the game was made by Guillermo Mariano with Tomas Illescas as target, who quickly passed the ball forward.