Challenge

Ali Sami Yen TTArena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Joel Gaona started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mehmet Ali Onuker hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Felix Luque put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Gürsel Bahçıvan. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kjell-Arne Edström in the 24th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gürsel Bahçıvan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Gaffar Okkan hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Gürsel Bahçıvan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 33rd minute of the match. Dante Lacasa didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when AsLaN 1915's Kjell-Arne Edström shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. 41 minutes into the game, René Henriksen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AsLaN 1915's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. In the 42nd minute, René Henriksen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leonardo Leoz hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After 45 played minutes AsLaN 1915 got a freekick which was hit by René Henriksen. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The supporters of Mexico booed when AsLaN 1915 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. René Henriksen didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute of the match Joel Gaona sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gürsel Bahçıvan skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 57th minute of play forced AsLaN 1915's goalkeeper Gürsel Bahçıvan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Kjell-Arne Edström sped through Mexico's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. Gürsel Bahçıvan made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of AsLaN 1915 booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Macos Graciani didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Gürsel Bahçıvan in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.