Challenge

Sócrates Sampaio
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Axel Tasis got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes of play, Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Suat Erserim was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Axel Tasis in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Suat Erserim prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A sloppy throw-in by Hugo Ferrant in the 8th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by San Marino İdman Yurdu's Yalçın Balıkçıoğlu. Suat Erserim came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Costa Rica's Axel Tasis. But to his dismay, Axel Tasis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Eliseo Noboa scored 0-3 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Suat Erserim, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Suat Erserim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Tasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 22nd minute, Abdullah Taif hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Suat Erserim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Tasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. A throw-in in the 29th minute of the game was made by Efrain Moruga with Eliseo Noboa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Lautaro Puig took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Suat Erserim. Suat Erserim dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abel Carballo got a throw-in 46 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Eliseo Noboa. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and İnanç Erva made a kick off. If Eliseo Noboa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yalçın Balıkçıoğlu charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yalçın Balıkçıoğlu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when San Marino İdman Yurdu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yalçın Balıkçıoğlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 58 minutes into the match, San Marino İdman Yurdu's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Noboa came free, but Suat Erserim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. San Marino İdman Yurdu's Yalçın Balıkçıoğlu quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hugo Ferrant, made in the 65th minute of the game. In the 67th minute Axel Tasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Suat Erserim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Axel Tasis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 71stth minute tested the skills of Suat Erserim when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 77th minute of the match Axel Tasis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Suat Erserim showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Lautaro Puig succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-7 in the 79th playminute. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Birkan Aşkın, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Axel Tasis's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 87thth minute, Suat Erserim skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Suat Erserim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Tasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Axel Tasis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Suat Erserim made a huge save. In the 94th minute, Eliseo Noboa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Suat Erserim. The goal made the score 0-8. When the final whistle sounded Costa Rica left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than San Marino İdman Yurdu.