Challenge

BOZKURT Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. İslam Yerel started the match with the kick off. If İslam Yerel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 7th minute, İslam Yerel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Derman Akdağ showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 12th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 13th minute of play forced TÜRKİSTAN 61's goalkeeper Derman Akdağ to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Veevo in the 14th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Daniel Zorita left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Halim Akbel charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Halim Akbel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 23 played minutes TÜRKİSTAN 61 got a freekick which was hit by Halim Akbel. If İslam Yerel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 29th minute. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from İslam Yerel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Derman Akdağ made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 34th minute of play. Derman Akdağ showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 38th minute of the match. After 41 minutes of play, TÜRKİSTAN 61's İslam Yerel made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when İslam Yerel tried to sneak it across the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Veevo in the 58th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Derman Akdağ tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 70 minutes, İslam Yerel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TÜRKİSTAN 61's supporters crossed their fingers, but İslam Yerel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 73 minutes into the match, TÜRKİSTAN 61's goalkeeper Derman Akdağ had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Derman Akdağ in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after TÜRKİSTAN 61's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Derman Akdağ quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 86 played minutes TÜRKİSTAN 61 got a freekick which was hit by Mario Veevo. In the 91st minute, Halim Akbel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 92 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Agustín Saelices hit a great ball. In the 95th minute Mario Veevo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, Mario Veevo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mario Veevo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because TÜRKİSTAN 61 had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.