Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yu Xi started the match with the kick off. The supporters of El Salvador booed when H E P T A N FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Şafak Açıkalın didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 4 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for El Salvador! In the 5th minute there was a penalty for H E P T A N FC. Kuzey Ustam stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Ricardo Zorita. 0-1. In the 9th minute H E P T A N FC were awarded a corner. Atabey Ökten went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 9th minute, Nejat Alp Selçuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Valentino Ferrant got a free kick in the 12th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Yu Xi notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Valentino Ferrant hit a great ball. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yu Xi went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. When Şafak Açıkalın came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the H E P T A N FC 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 Şafak Açıkalın couldn't finish the play. If Yu Xi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 26 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Yu Xi came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Murat Akpınar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the El Salvador defense, Yu Xi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. The El Salvador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Zorita should have stopped the shot. Şafak Açıkalın sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yu Xi went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. In the 46th minute, Yu Xi made a precise shot to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. The El Salvador players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. H E P T A N FC were winning 0-6.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Moises Fernandino was the one to do the kick off. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yu Xi, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 54 minutes into the match, H E P T A N FC's goal looked a bit too open when Moises Fernandino came free, but Arif Bilge Tokyürek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, H E P T A N FC's Gürsel Küdüs got a free kick in the 57th minute. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yu Xi in the 60th minute of play. The supporters of H E P T A N FC booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luis Rubio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yu Xi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Ricardo Zorita made a huge save. Şafak Açıkalın sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Valentino Ferrant hit a great ball. After 80 minutes, Luis Rubio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Salvador and the H E P T A N FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 80th minute, Luis Rubio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Yu Xi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ricardo Zorita. That made the score 0-8 in the 81 minute of play. If Yu Xi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Murat Akpınar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, Yu Xi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yu Xi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. El Salvador's Luis Rubio got his second yellow card of the match in the 91st minute. The referee ordered Luis Rubio off the ground. In the 92nd minute, Luis Rubio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Yu Xi managed to get in a good position for a shot. H E P T A N FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Yu Xi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ricardo Zorita breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the final whistle sounded H E P T A N FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than El Salvador.