Challenge

ATATÜRK STATYUMU
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alican Sungurbay got the match started through his kick off. Alican Sungurbay's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 6thth minute, Marcos Cotilla skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Tomas Berganza hit a great ball. In the 9th minute Alican Sungurbay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 10 in the game by Raik Özdener from a close distance when the talented Marcos Cotilla managed to make a qualified save. Panama's players were relieved. İnanç Asutay hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the ESKİŞEHİRSPOR defense, Tomas Berganza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Okan Akdoğan. The ESKİŞEHİRSPOR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Okan Akdoğan should have stopped the shot. Panama's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abraham Alguacil in the 23rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Abraham Alguacil got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Okan Akdoğan quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to ESKİŞEHİRSPOR getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Sami Işık hit a great ball. The supporters of ESKİŞEHİRSPOR booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Cambeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's Okan Akdoğan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 31st minute of play. In the 34th minute, Sami Işık hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Okan Akdoğan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Panama's Marcos Cotilla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Panama from getting a goal against them.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tomas Berganza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 53 minutes, Alican Sungurbay mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ESKİŞEHİRSPOR and the Panama players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alican Sungurbay kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's Okan Akdoğan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 54th minute of play. Sami Işık hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Abraham Alguacil struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Okan Akdoğan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Panama. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Raik Özdener during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's Raik Özdener got a free kick in the 61st minute. When Zafer Oncel fell near the penalty area in the 65th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's protests and gave Zafer Oncel a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's Zafer Oncel got a free kick in the 65th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's zone, Tomas Berganza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Okan Akdoğan came out of the goal and Tomas Berganza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Okan Akdoğan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 73rd minute of the match. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raik Özdener in the 74th minute of play. ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's defense didn't have a chance, in the 76th minute, when Tomas Berganza scored to the left of an out of position Okan Akdoğan, making the score, 0-2. 82 minutes into the match, ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Okan Akdoğan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Cambeiro to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to ESKİŞEHİRSPOR getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Erkan Başok hit a great ball. 91 minutes into the match, Alican Sungurbay notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Panama's Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The Panama players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.