Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Serhan Genç's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Serhan Genç helped the player get up and apologised. After 2 played minutes DEMİREL.FC got a freekick which was hit by Serhan Genç. After a rather tough play, DEMİREL.FC's Özgür Zeki got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 7 minutes into the match, DEMİREL.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jose Correa came free, but Batı Ufuk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aykan İskenderoğlu in the 9th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Batı Ufuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 18th minute of the match. Bertil Delin hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Melquiades Gonzalez kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Batı Ufuk came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Venezuela's Tomas Illescas. But to his dismay, Tomas Illescas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. DEMİREL.FC's Hikmet Türkoğlu got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 43rd minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Aykan İskenderoğlu made the kick off in the second half. When Aykan İskenderoğlu fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DEMİREL.FC's protests and gave Aykan İskenderoğlu a yellow card for diving instead. Özgür Zeki charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Özgür Zeki the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, DEMİREL.FC's Özgür Zeki got a free kick in the 52nd minute. 54 minutes into the game, Serhan Genç threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 68th match minute, DEMİREL.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Özgür Zeki to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aykan İskenderoğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Aykan İskenderoğlu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Batı Ufuk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Batı Ufuk prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 97 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Melquiades Gonzalez was slow to take the kick. During this time DEMİREL.FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Melquiades Gonzalez got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. For all the effort they put into the match, the DEMİREL.FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Venezuela.