Challenge

FC MANLE ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Raşit Hendekli kicked off to start the match. Axel Tasis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Şadi Turhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raşit Hendekli in the 6th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Raşit Hendekli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Aaron Alcocer took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Şadi Turhan. Şadi Turhan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 16 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Raşit Hendekli came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raşit Hendekli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Costa Rica from getting a goal against them. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raşit Hendekli in the 26th minute of play. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Juan Rubio hit a great ball. A collision led to FC MANLE getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Raşit Hendekli hit a great ball. Şadi Turhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Tasis in the 35th minute of play. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Raşit Hendekli sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Raşit Hendekli kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Benito Sanz. That made the score 2-1 in the 41 minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Bahattin Kurhan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Raşit Hendekli's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. After 48 minutes Costa Rica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Raşit Hendekli who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Costa Rica's goalie and right to Selami Denizer. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Costa Rica's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 53rd of the match, Axel Tasis tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Şadi Turhan got in the way and made a wonderful save. Axel Tasis was extremely unlucky when he, in the 54th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raşit Hendekli in the 56th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Axel Tasis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Şadi Turhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aaron Alcocer's late challenge caught a FC MANLE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aaron Alcocer helped the player get up and apologised. Aaron Alcocer hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 65th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexander Carballo to maneuver through the defense. Raşit Hendekli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Alexander Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. In the 69th minute, Lautaro Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Hamit Aynacıoğlu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raşit Hendekli in the 79th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, FC MANLE's Şadi Turhan got control of the ball when Axel Tasis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Eliseo Noboa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Şadi Turhan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC MANLE's goalkeeper Şadi Turhan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Halim Talik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Raşit Hendekli went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. FC MANLE had played much better football throughout.