Challenge

Karaelmas Stadyumu
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Axel Tasis made the kick off which started today's match. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo Botero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute, Abel Carballo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 11th minute, Zonguldak Kömürspor's Rodrigo Botero ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Rodrigo Botero received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benito Sanz came out and tried to block the shot, but Rodrigo Botero slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 19th minute. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 傅升剑 in the 27th minute of the match. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo Botero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Costa Rica's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ahmet Korkut Yalman was slow to take the kick. During this time Zonguldak Kömürspor's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Zonguldak Kömürspor's corner Ahmet Korkut Yalman fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Benito Sanz quite easily take care of the ball. 傅升剑 scored 3-0 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 46 minutes into the game, Rodrigo Botero cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rodrigo Botero to make the kick off. In the 50th match minute, Zonguldak Kömürspor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Korkut Yalman to maneuver through the defense. When Tugay Atlıoğlu fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Zonguldak Kömürspor's protests and gave Tugay Atlıoğlu a yellow card for diving instead. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Botero in the 58th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Rodrigo Botero made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. 60 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Botero came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the game, Amaluchukwu Ferding cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 67th minute Rodrigo Botero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Botero in the 73rd minute of play. Alexander Carballo charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexander Carballo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Alexander Carballo hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Zonguldak Kömürspor's Ahmet Korkut Yalman tried to score from far away in the 76th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 傅升剑 went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rodrigo Botero went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by 傅升剑 in the 86th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Aaron Alcocer got a free kick in the 88th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Zonguldak Kömürspor had played much better football throughout.