Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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. Hamdullah Kaplan started the match with the kick off. In the 12th minute, Hamdullah Kaplan 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 0-1. Marco Tamayo kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 18th minute, Gökçe Orhon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hamdullah Kaplan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ricardo Zorita having to make a save. Hamdullah Kaplan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ricardo Zorita read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. ErbaA KartaLı's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abdullatif Zafer in the 30th minute. The supporters of ErbaA KartaLı booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moises Fernandino didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 32nd minute Hamdullah Kaplan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Zorita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Hamdullah Kaplan came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the ErbaA KartaLı 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 Hamdullah Kaplan couldn't finish the play. Joshua Curbelo hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamdullah Kaplan in the 36th minute of play. With a little luck, ErbaA KartaLı's Sufi Hanönü got control of the ball when Moises Fernandino tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 39th minute of the match El Salvador got a corner. ErbaA KartaLı's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mateo Leguizamo ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on El Salvador's corner Mateo Leguizamo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sufi Hanönü quite easily take care of the ball. In the 41st minute Hamdullah Kaplan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Zorita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Joshua Curbelo hit a great ball. After some careless play in the El Salvador defense, Hamdullah Kaplan 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. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Joshua Curbelo got a free kick in the 46th minute. After the first half ErbaA KartaLı were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hamdullah Kaplan went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Gökçe Orhon made in the 57th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Hamdullah Kaplan. After 60 minutes, Moises Fernandino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Salvador and the ErbaA KartaLı players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Moises Fernandino hit a great ball. Ricardo Zorita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hamdullah Kaplan in the 64th minute. Hamdullah Kaplan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ricardo Zorita having to make a save. The crowd rose to their feet as ErbaA KartaLı's Hamdullah Kaplan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ricardo Zorita. That made the score 0-4 after 69 minutes of play. After having played for 72 minutes, Moises Fernandino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Salvador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Moises Fernandino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 74 minutes into the game, one of El Salvador:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. El Salvador:s Ricardo Zorita showed great skill when he stopped Abdullatif Zafer:s penalty. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abdullatif Zafer went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Hamdullah Kaplan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ricardo Zorita read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamdullah Kaplan in the 80th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hamdullah Kaplan might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ricardo Zorita. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hamdullah Kaplan ran back to his position shaking his head. ErbaA KartaLı's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.