Challenge

Kagithane Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 3rd minute of play forced ...'s goalkeeper Sarper Kürşat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 4 minutes ...'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sarper Kürşat quite easily take care of the ball. 8 minutes into the match, ...'s goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Sarper Kürşat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frank Frisck scored 1-0 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 14th minute, Luis Andino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A throw-in in the 16th minute of the game was made by Camilo Gisbert with Cristian Sancho as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Frisck in the 21st minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Cristian Sancho put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Sarper Kürşat. Sarper Kürşat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 29th minute of the match. Alim Erem's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alim Erem helped the player get up and apologised. Alim Erem hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. 35 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sarper Kürşat. ...'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Sarper Kürşat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 39th minute of the match. In the 39th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sarper Kürşat was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. In the 43rd match minute, ... was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Batur Canel to maneuver through the defense. After 47 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Andino. ... made a substitution. Serhat Süngü replaced Aytunç Akartürk. After 49 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Andino. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Selim Zor made a kick off. Frank Frisck blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Julio Vera having to make a save. Sarper Kürşat was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Daniel Zorita showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-4 in the 55 minute of play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Frisck in the 57th minute of play. ...'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erdeniz Bekiroğlu in the 59th minute. After taking down the ball on ...'s corner Erdeniz Bekiroğlu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Sarper Kürşat made a huge save. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 63rd minute of the match, Daniel Zorita got a very nice opportunity to score, but Sarper Kürşat was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 65th minute Antonio Arias suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. After 65 minutes, Frank Frisck mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ... and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ...'s Frank Frisck got a free kick in the 66th minute. 70 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Frisck came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Sarper Kürşat made a huge save. Sarper Kürşat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 74th minute. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Frisck in the 76th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Frank Frisck 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 2-4. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 83 minutes into the match, Frank Frisck 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 Frank Frisck was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-4. 86 minutes into the match, ...'s goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Sarper Kürşat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erdeniz Bekiroğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador played a much better game than ... and deserved their victory. The ... players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.