Challenge

Ş. PÖH ERHAN KONUK
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 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. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Dursun Yılğıralp stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Dursun Yılğıralp tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dursun Yılğıralp got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Guillermo Mariano kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Emre Bolat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emre Bolat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dursun Yılğıralp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Emre Bolat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Dursun Yılğıralp got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 27th minute. The score was now 1-1. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Dursun Yılğıralp could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Emre Bolat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcin Degutis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 44 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Dursun Yılğıralp sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. 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.

The wind increased when Dursun Yılğıralp made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Dursun Yılğıralp stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Dursun Yılğıralp tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 61 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcin Degutis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dursun Yılğıralp in the 63rd minute of play. Ahmet Boran Bircanoğlu got a throw-in 67 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Necip Behzat. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emre Bolat, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 70th match minute, POZANTI SPOR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emre Bolat to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd minute, Dursun Yılğıralp left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The POZANTI SPOR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Vaino Juura struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for POZANTI SPOR. In the 78th minute Dursun Yılğıralp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcin Degutis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Dursun Yılğıralp's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. When Jose Correa fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Jose Correa a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of POZANTI SPOR booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dursun Yılğıralp took the ball and in the 90 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 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 93rd minute of play forced POZANTI SPOR's goalkeeper Marcin Degutis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. POZANTI SPOR's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.