Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Battal Seyyit Bedel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Kurfalı SK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that Kurfalı SK's Battal Seyyit Bedel managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 15th minute of the game Leonardo Leoz made a throw-in which Lautaro Mancebo played forward. Luca Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edoardo Pelliccia in the 23rd minute of play. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Kurfalı SK's Semail Ercan. But to his dismay, Semail Ercan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Halil Can İhtiyar in the 30th minute of play. Battal Seyyit Bedel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 34th minute of the match, Alberto Tafalla tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Battal Seyyit Bedel saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 35thth minute of the game Semail Ercan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Semail Ercan in the 37th minute of play. In the 47th minute Halil Can İhtiyar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Kurfalı SK were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Semail Ercan made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Tolga Oğuralp lined in a short shot 0-2 behind a frustrated Dante Lacasa. In the 60th match minute, Kurfalı SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Garip Eryiğit to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Battal Seyyit Bedel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Battal Seyyit Bedel having to interfere. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 72 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 73 played minutes Kurfalı SK got a freekick which was hit by Fedai Müftüoğlu. 74 minutes into the match, Kurfalı SK's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Battal Seyyit Bedel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Battal Seyyit Bedel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Facundo Cadaval, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Lorenzo Cazalla kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Semail Ercan in the 89th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 90 minutes into the game, when Felix Luque put in a rough tackle. In the 96th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. When the final whistle went the supporters of Kurfalı SK were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Mexico side.