Challenge

Karaelmas Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mustafa Cumhur Çeliktaş got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Ahmet Rıfat Özonder 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. After 7 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Alexander Carballo. Çağan Mürsel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. In the 12th minute, Bulut Ushan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. 17 minutes into the game, Efrain Moruga threw the ball into play from the sideline. Karaelmas's Mehmet Emre Orkutay quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Eliseo Noboa kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Mustafa Cumhur Çeliktaş fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Benito Sanz, passed just outside the right post. When Axel Tasis came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Costa Rica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Axel Tasis couldn't finish the play. After having played for 27 minutes, Eliseo Noboa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Costa Rica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eliseo Noboa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mustafa Cumhur Çeliktaş went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of Karaelmas booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alan Moruga didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Çağan Mürsel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Karaelmas's supporters rose to their feet, but Çağan Mürsel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Sanz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

51 minutes into the game, Efrain Moruga threw the ball into play from the sideline. Karaelmas's Mehmet Emre Orkutay quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 52nd minute, Çağan Mürsel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Karaelmas's Mustafa Cumhur Çeliktaş got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Karaelmas's Mehmet Emre Orkutay quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Efrain Moruga, made in the 66th minute of the game. Lautaro Puig charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lautaro Puig the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig got a free kick in the 77th minute. Yetkin Osmanoğulları stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axel Tasis's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Karaelmas's Mustafa Cumhur Çeliktaş got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 89 minutes of play, Karaelmas's Çağan Mürsel made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Costa Rica booed when Karaelmas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Çağan Mürsel didn't get a good kick on the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Karaelmas fully deserved thier win.