Challenge

Lions Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Macos Graciani hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 7th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fuat Bayraktaroğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lautaro Mancebo in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fuat Bayraktaroğlu saved Lions Of Turks from getting behind. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 10th minute. Bogumil Pochorylo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Fuat Bayraktaroğlu. Lions Of Turks's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Lions Of Turks's Fuat Bayraktaroğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 22nd minute of play. In the 22ndth minute of the game Alberto Tafalla who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lions Of Turks's Fuat Bayraktaroğlu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Bogumil Pochorylo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 27 minutes in the game Macos Graciani did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Luca Zorita. Mirza Akdemir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. In the 32nd minute, Luca Zorita 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. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great ball. In the 36th minute Bernardo Cidro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luca Zorita in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fuat Bayraktaroğlu saved Lions Of Turks from getting behind. Macos Graciani got a throw-in 43 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Joel Gaona. In the 48th minute of the match Lions Of Turks got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bernardo Cidro ran over to the corner to take the kick. The Lions Of Turks players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mexico were winning 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bogumil Pochorylo was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Mexico booed when Lions Of Turks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aşkın Atik didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 58th minute of the match. After 59 played minutes Lions Of Turks got a freekick which was hit by Jason Denayer. 62 minutes into the game, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Lions Of Turks's Fuat Bayraktaroğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 65th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fuat Bayraktaroğlu having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Macos Graciani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogumil Pochorylo in the 78th minute of play. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Facundo Cadaval, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Mirza Akdemir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qiao Hong Yi in the 90th minute of play. Bogumil Pochorylo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Mexico walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.