Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Axel Tasis took the kick off in the first half of the match. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abdullah Işın went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when F-E-D-A was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nebi Koralp didn't get a good kick on the ball. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tunç Diriğ in the 11th minute of the match. 15 minutes into the match, F-E-D-A's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Tasis came free, but Atakan Bayar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eliseo Noboa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Atakan Bayar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by F-E-D-A's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Tasis was slow to take the kick. During this time Costa Rica's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when F-E-D-A was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aytunç Siyami didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nebi Koralp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mehmet Bilge Secavend fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. A collision led to F-E-D-A getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Aytunç Siyami hit a great ball. 30 minutes into the game, Arif Cengiz Böke was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. F-E-D-A's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Costa Rica the free kick. Arif Cengiz Böke kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. In the 31st match minute, F-E-D-A was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdullah Işın to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of F-E-D-A booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Axel Tasis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, F-E-D-A's Mehmet Bilge Secavend got a free kick in the 37th minute. Atakan Bayar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Tasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Puig hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nebi Koralp was the one to do the kick off. Eliseo Noboa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Atakan Bayar having to interfere. Eliseo Noboa charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eliseo Noboa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 61st match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Rubio to maneuver through the defense. If Nebi Koralp had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lautaro Puig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 69th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Rubio to maneuver through the defense. Nebi Koralp's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 73rdth minute, Benito Sanz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. If Nebi Koralp had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Lautaro Puig hit a great ball. Nebi Koralp sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Nebi Koralp sent off a good shot on target. After 87 minutes of play Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. After 91 minutes, Juan Rubio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the F-E-D-A players grew even worse after the yellow card. Juan Rubio hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Tunç Diriğ received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.