Challenge

Jandarma Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Haldun Kıvılcım took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 4th minute of play forced Jandarma's goalkeeper Oğuzkan Özkar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Jandarma's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Jandarma's goalkeeper Oğuzkan Özkar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 8th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oğuzkan Özkar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oğuzkan Özkar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oğuzkan Özkar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 14th minute of the match. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Oğuzkan Özkar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Qiao Kang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oğuzkan Özkar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 25th minute of play. In the 25th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Oğuzkan Özkar was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 28th minute, Haldun Kıvılcım 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. Jandarma's Oğuzkan Özkar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 30th minute of play. After 31 minutes Jandarma's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. Daniel Zorita was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After 37 minutes, Arí Freitas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jandarma and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Arí Freitas hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Felix Montes hit a great ball. Oğuzkan Özkar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 45th minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jandarma were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Qiao Kang took the corner. Erberk Ezelhan kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Oğuzkan Özkar made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Luis Andino sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Haldun Kıvılcım's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Arí Freitas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 69th minute, Arí Freitas made a precise shot to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Ian Lööf kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. With a little luck, Jandarma's Oğuzkan Özkar got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Felix Montenegro's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Oğuzkan Özkar firmly grabbed it by the left post. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Jandarma'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. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Jandarma's Oğuzkan Özkar managed to reach the ball for a save. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Cristian Sancho sped through Jandarma's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Oğuzkan Özkar. After 83 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Felix Montenegro. Daniel Zoritas short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Oğuzkan Özkar to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oğuzkan Özkar having to interfere. When Jandarma's Qiao Kang in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Qiao Kang kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 96th minute by Daniel Zorita got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Jandarma succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Ecuador had controlled the match.