Challenge

AKHisaR ParK
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) El Salvador's Moises Fernandino started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 2nd match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abram Luque to maneuver through the defense. Ricardo Zorita was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Ergün Özver. After 4 minutes, Marco Tamayo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Salvador and the AKHisaR players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Marco Tamayo got a free kick in the 4th minute. 5 minutes into the match, AKHisaR's Ergün Özver broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Valentino Ferrant's late challenge caught a AKHisaR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valentino Ferrant helped the player get up and apologised. AKHisaR's Erol Özyurek was substituted for Aziz Kıvılcım. The supporters of AKHisaR booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentino Ferrant didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ricardo Zorita acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 16th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Ergün Özver. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Moises Fernandino managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Salvador's supporters rose to their feet, but Moises Fernandino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lefter Demirbaş breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gündüz Tavgaç sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Marco Tamayo hit a great ball. In the 24th minute of the match Galip Beşer sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ricardo Zorita skillfully saved the ball. Ricardo Zorita made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Erol Özyurek sent off a good shot on target. Moises Fernandino might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lefter Demirbaş. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Moises Fernandino ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Moises Fernandino during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Moises Fernandino hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, AKHisaR's İlyas Tolga Aras got a free kick in the 31st minute. El Salvador's attentive Valentino Ferrant managed to snatch the ball when İlyas Tolga Aras made a throw-in in the 34th minute of the game. 35 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Erol Özyurek ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Zorita was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Ricardo Zorita made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu sent off a good shot on target. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erol Özyurek to make the kick off. After 54 minutes of play El Salvador's Marco Tamayo was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. AKHisaR made a substitution. Yakup Hacıoğlu replaced İlyas Tolga Aras. Marco Tamayo kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Luis Rubio hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. When Ergün Özver came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the AKHisaR 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 Ergün Özver couldn't finish the play. In the 63rd match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mateo Leguizamo to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute of the match Ergün Özver sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ricardo Zorita skillfully saved the ball. Ricardo Zorita stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erol Özyurek in the 67th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute, one of El Salvador:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for El Salvador. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Erol Özyurek sped through El Salvador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. 77 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Erol Özyurek came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abram Luque hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Ergün Özver kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erol Özyurek in the 83rd minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Erol Özyurek 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 Erol Özyurek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute, Halis İlbilge got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Halis İlbilge in the 98th minute of the match.