Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Moises Fernandino took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 8th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joshua Curbelo to maneuver through the defense. After 11 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Moises Fernandino. 13 minutes into the game, .......'s Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Zorita made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 25thth minute of the game Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Arcan Ekinci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 46th minute, Ulvi Pehlivan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, El Salvador's Mateo Leguizamo tried to score from far away in the 47th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu made a kick off. Moises Fernandino recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ricardo Zorita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu in the 56th minute. In the 58th minute, Murathan Olgunsoy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joshua Curbelo hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. With a little luck, El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita got control of the ball when Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Abram Luque's late challenge caught a .......'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abram Luque helped the player get up and apologised. In the 72nd match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abram Luque to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of El Salvador booed when ....... was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kahraman Turan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Murathan Olgunsoy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 84th play minute Zafer Erokay came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ricardo Zorita. 0-2. Ricardo Zorita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zafer Erokay in the 91st minute. The El Salvador fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ....... were clearly better and deserved to take the win.