Challenge

ALTAY ATATURK ARENA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Saffet Maksum took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cüneyt Baba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 5th minute of the match. Saffet Maksum received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Çelikan Akkan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Çelikan Akkan, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cüneyt Baba breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cüneyt Baba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute Venezuela were awarded a corner. Tomas Illescas went to the cornerflag to take it. Jonathan Ferrant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Saffet Maksum showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 25 minute of play. A collision led to ALTAY MYTHS getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Çelikan Akkan hit a great ball. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by ALTAY MYTHS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Venezuela's Tomas Illescas to fire away a dangerous shot which Cüneyt Baba despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to ALTAY MYTHS getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Hüsmen Özakay hit a great ball. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. İbrahim Akın succeeded in the game's 47th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0.

Jose Correa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cüneyt Baba having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Cüneyt Baba in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 62 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of İbrahim Akın's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. 4-0 became the score in the 66th minute when İbrahim Akın elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 72ndth minute of the game Saffet Maksum who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 75 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 80 minutes into the match, ALTAY MYTHS's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Cüneyt Baba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erdi Demir received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cüneyt Baba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 91st minute. After 96 played minutes ALTAY MYTHS got a freekick which was hit by Hüsmen Özakay. For all the effort they put into the match, the Venezuela players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ALTAY MYTHS.