Challenge

AKSARAY ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas 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. FC 68AKSARAY's Mehmet Akif Koytan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Guillermo Mariano, made in the 5th minute of the game. Mevlüt Ünsevin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. A collision led to FC 68AKSARAY getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Ümit Yalkın hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in FC 68AKSARAY's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edmund Rakoski came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edmund Rakoski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. Ümit Yalkın's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Edmund Rakoski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 24th minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edmund Rakoski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 29 minutes into the game, Guillermo Mariano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC 68AKSARAY the free kick. In the 29th minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 33 minutes into the game, one of FC 68AKSARAY:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Edmund Rakoski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oğuzhan Sarıaslan might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Oğuzhan Sarıaslan ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Oğuzhan Sarıaslan got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Guillermo Mariano was shown his second yellow card after 39 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. FC 68AKSARAY's Mehmet Akif Koytan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tomas Illescas, made in the 43rd minute of the game. In the 46th minute, Oğuzhan Sarıaslan 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ümit Yalkın to make the kick off. Tomas Illescas made in the 71st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Camilo Gaos. 74 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Edmund Rakoski, 1-1. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oğuzhan Sarıaslan in the 77th minute of play. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 83rd minute Oğuzhan Sarıaslan 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. Oğuzhan Sarıaslan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 84 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Oğuzhan Sarıaslan came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, FC 68AKSARAY's Oğuzhan Sarıaslan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 90 minutes into the match, Oğuzhan Sarıaslan notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 93rd match minute, FC 68AKSARAY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ümit Yalkın to maneuver through the defense. In the 96th minute, Ümit Yalkın left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC 68AKSARAY fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. FC 68AKSARAY's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.