Challenge

Iskitler Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Berganza made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Panama's Tomas Berganza sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paulinho Valadares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Paulinho Valadares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulinho Valadares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 6th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulinho Valadares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rareș Andrei, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After 19 played minutes Iskitler got a freekick which was hit by Mehmet Emre Heybetli. A collision led to Iskitler getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Halil Sarıdoğan hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Iskitler's zone, Tomas Berganza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paulinho Valadares 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. Halil Sarıdoğan came free with the goalkeeper in the 27th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marcos Cotilla could save by the left post. Marcos Cotilla was a little too slow when Rareș Andrei got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 28th minute. The score was now 2-0. 36 minutes into the match, Isidoro Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paulinho Valadares. Iskitler's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isidoro Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Iskitler's Paulinho Valadares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 48th minute of play. 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 49th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Halil Sarıdoğan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Alex Cambeiro put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Paulinho Valadares. In the 58th minute, Panama's Tomas Berganza dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. Paulinho Valadares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 64th minute of the match. In the 67th match minute, Iskitler was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehmet Emre Heybetli to maneuver through the defense. Gökmen Kural kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Paulinho Valadares acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 69th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Abraham Alguacil. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Iskitler getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Halil Sarıdoğan hit a great ball. 72 minutes into the match, Iskitler's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Paulinho Valadares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcos Cotilla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Halil Sarıdoğan went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Halil Sarıdoğan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Panama defense, Rareș Andrei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcos Cotilla. The Panama fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcos Cotilla should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Berganza in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paulinho Valadares saved Iskitler from getting behind. In the 97th minute, Tomas Berganza fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Paulinho Valadares, passed just outside the right post. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Iskitler fans cheered their team off the field, for while Panama had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.