Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marick Jonge in the 3rd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sanid Škoro, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Salvador Gisbert made in the 7th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Ötüken Türk Gücü's Bayram Sati. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ötüken Türk Gücü's goalkeeper Rubio Zalaya, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 12 minutes into the game, Bayram Sati threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Patricio Costa quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Marick Jonge sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sanid Škoro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bayram Sati made in the 21st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Sabri Eraksan immediately put the ball in play. After 23 played minutes Ötüken Türk Gücü got a freekick which was hit by Hulki Sungur. Marick Jonge recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 29th minute Sanid Škoro 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. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marick Jonge in the 31st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Ötüken Türk Gücü's Hulki Sungur got a free kick in the 36th minute. In the 37th minute, Jose Correa 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. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stefan Hargraves was slow to take the kick. During this time Ötüken Türk Gücü's players had a chance to rest. Ötüken Türk Gücü's Stefan Hargraves was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Rubio Zalaya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 42nd minute of play.

Sabri Eraksan kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. 56 minutes into the match, Sanid Škoro notched a goal, 0-1, 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. 76 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rubio Zalaya. Ötüken Türk Gücü's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Illescas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. 82 minutes into the game, Naohiro Achenbach was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ötüken Türk Gücü's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. After 82 played minutes Ötüken Türk Gücü got a freekick which was hit by Naohiro Achenbach. Ötüken Türk Gücü's Rubio Zalaya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 83rd minute of play. Sabri Eraksan hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rubio Zalaya having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Venezuela fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ötüken Türk Gücü were clearly better and deserved to take the win.