Challenge

Bafra Şehir Stadyumu
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Henk Veerman made the kick off which started today's match. Henk Veerman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. When Orlando Tafalla fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Colombia's protests and gave Orlando Tafalla a yellow card for diving instead. Thierry Hermans, 7 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 9 minutes into the match, 1930 Bafraspor's goal looked a bit too open when Kevin Mastache came free, but Çakır Alyakut reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henk Veerman was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 13th minute. 1930 Bafraspor's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rıdvan Balıkçı in the 16th minute. Çakır Alyakut made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kevin Mastache to maneuver through the defense. Orlando Tafalla hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After having played for 26 minutes, Thierry Hermans managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 1930 Bafraspor's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thierry Hermans was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Axel Montenegro took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Çakır Alyakut. Çakır Alyakut dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Çakır Alyakut showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 31st minute of the match. 1930 Bafraspor's Çakır Alyakut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joshua Garrido in the 34th minute of play. In the 35th minute, Axel Montenegro made a precise shot to the right of Çakır Alyakut. 1930 Bafraspor's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. 2-2 became the score in the 38th minute when Rıdvan Balıkçı elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares had great luck who in the 41stth minute grab hold of the ball when Henk Veerman from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. 1930 Bafraspor were awarded a corner in the 48th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Thierry Hermans took the corner. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mao Zhen in the 54th minute of play. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henk Veerman in the 61st minute of play. Rıdvan Balıkçı succeeded in the game's 65th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-2. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rıdvan Balıkçı, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Rıdvan Balıkçı might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rıdvan Balıkçı ran back to his position shaking his head. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. 1930 Bafraspor's Nedim Üster was substituted for Mao Zhen. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thierry Hermans was slow to take the kick. During this time 1930 Bafraspor's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Henk Veerman almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares did a great save. The supporters of 1930 Bafraspor booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kevin Mastache didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 93 minutes of play, 1930 Bafraspor's Henk Veerman made it 5-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rıdvan Balıkçı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.