Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 3 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Milagros Cabal. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alptuğ Boğataş, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute, Alptuğ Boğataş reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lautaro Navarro. The goal made the score 1-0. 18 minutes into the game, Ramon Lonzo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Lautaro Navarro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 22 minutes into the match, MAVİ İSTANBUL FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Espiga came free, but Ali Orhan Tuncer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alptuğ Boğataş, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MAVİ İSTANBUL FC's Ali Orhan Tuncer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 24th minute of play. Alptuğ Boğataş scored 3-0 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lautaro Navarro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alptuğ Boğataş got free with Lautaro Navarro in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th minute Sebastian Villa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Orhan Tuncer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute of the match Honduras got a corner. MAVİ İSTANBUL FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edmundo Espiga ran over to the corner to take the kick. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alptuğ Boğataş stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Tafalla in the 51st minute of play forced MAVİ İSTANBUL FC's goalkeeper Ali Orhan Tuncer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute Ramon Lonzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lautaro Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Honduras's Christian Sancho quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ahmet Sedat Nasreddin, made in the 76th minute of the game. In the 82nd match minute, MAVİ İSTANBUL FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ramon Lonzo to maneuver through the defense. If Aktuğ Dalga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alptuğ Boğataş in the 86th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ramon Lonzo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 93rd match minute, MAVİ İSTANBUL FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alptuğ Boğataş to maneuver through the defense. Sebastian Villa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. MAVİ İSTANBUL FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.