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HULKAS ARENA
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bas Ko kicked off to start the match. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bas Ko in the 8th minute of play. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mustafa Barış Tahir read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. In the 16th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mustafa Barış Tahir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of - HULKAS -'s Mustafa Barış Tahir. Mustafa Barış Tahir was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nedim Özarkın hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. The supporters of - HULKAS - booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonathan Venegas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 40 minutes, Reis Süvari mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the - HULKAS - and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Venezuela booed when - HULKAS - was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reis Süvari didn't get a good kick on the ball. 44 minutes in the game Reis Süvari did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Hulk As. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Illescas in the 48th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mustafa Barış Tahir saved - HULKAS - from getting behind. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mustafa Barış Tahir didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Venezuela's Patricio Costa shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bas Ko in the 57th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 58 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mustafa Barış Tahir. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. Mustafa Barış Tahir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 65th minute after - HULKAS -'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. The corner led to Venezuela's Patricio Costa getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. Mustafa Barış Tahir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mustafa Barış Tahir was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Patricio Costa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Patricio Costa really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Mustafa Barış Tahir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 81st minute of play. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. - HULKAS -'s Mustafa Barış Tahir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 86th minute of play. In the 93rd minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. - HULKAS -'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert to a score. 0-4 in the 93rd minute. Venezuela played a much better game than - HULKAS - and deserved their victory. The - HULKAS - players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.