Challenge

AKSARAY ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita 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. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC 68AKSARAY's goalkeeper Edmund Rakoski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 5th minute of play forced FC 68AKSARAY's goalkeeper Edmund Rakoski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC 68AKSARAY's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Felix Montes almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC 68AKSARAY's Edmund Rakoski did a great save. Oğuzhan Sarıaslan had several of the Ecuador's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 11 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Julio Vera as he didn't even see the shot coming. Edmund Rakoski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. FC 68AKSARAY's Edmund Rakoski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 21st minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edmund Rakoski. FC 68AKSARAY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 26th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmund Rakoski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC 68AKSARAY's Edmund Rakoski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Montenegro in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 29th minute of play forced FC 68AKSARAY's goalkeeper Edmund Rakoski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's defense didn't have a chance, in the 31st minute, when Oğuzhan Sarıaslan scored to the left of an out of position Julio Vera, making the score, 2-1. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Oğuzhan Sarıaslan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Oğuzhan Sarıaslan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mevlüt Ünsevin during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 36th match minute, FC 68AKSARAY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mevlüt Ünsevin to maneuver through the defense. FC 68AKSARAY's Edmund Rakoski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 36th minute of play. Mevlüt Ünsevin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Edmund Rakoski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, FC 68AKSARAY's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Edmund Rakoski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 43 minutes into the game, Mücahit Ahid was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC 68AKSARAY's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. The supporters of Ecuador booed when FC 68AKSARAY was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mücahit Ahid didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ümit Yalkın was the one to do the kick off. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ümit Yalkın in the 51st minute of the match. In the 52nd minute Oğuzhan Sarıaslan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Ecuador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ümit Yalkın, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Ümit Yalkın took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Julio Vera. Ecuador's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Daniel Zorita came free with the goalkeeper in the 70th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Edmund Rakoski could save by the left post. 73 minutes into the match, FC 68AKSARAY's goalkeeper Edmund Rakoski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. Daniel Zorita succeeded in the game's 76th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-2. Edmund Rakoski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 80th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Cristian Sancho could shoot a difficult shot in the 83rd minute, which Edmund Rakoski however easily saved by the left post. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 84th minute after FC 68AKSARAY's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Ecuador's Luis Andino was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Edmund Rakoski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 85 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Juan Sebastián Puig. During the 89th minute of the match Mevlüt Ünsevin completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Mevlüt Ünsevin a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 94th minute, Daniel Zorita reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Edmund Rakoski. The goal made the score 2-3. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC 68AKSARAY.