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. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Moises Fernandino hit a great ball. Moises Fernandino struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Ahmet Orhan Usal didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Salvador. Marco Tamayo hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. After 15 minutes, Valentino Ferrant mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Salvador and the ....... players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 15 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Valentino Ferrant. Moises Fernandino might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ahmet Orhan Usal. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Moises Fernandino ran back to his position shaking his head. Marco Tamayo lost his temper 25 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 25 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Marco Tamayo. Ahmet Orhan Usal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Luque, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Murathan Olgunsoy hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. After 41 minutes, Kahraman Turan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ....... and the El Salvador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kahraman Turan kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Fernandino in the 45th minute of play forced .......'s goalkeeper Ahmet Orhan Usal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu. After having played for 53 minutes, Joshua Curbelo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Salvador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joshua Curbelo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Abram Luque sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 58th match minute, ....... was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Murathan Olgunsoy to maneuver through the defense. 62 minutes into the match, Kahraman Turan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ricardo Zorita, 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kahraman Turan got free with Ricardo Zorita in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th 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. Ahmet Orhan Usal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save El Salvador from getting a goal against them. Ricardo Zorita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kahraman Turan in the 71st minute. Arcan Ekinci was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 74th minute. .......'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Zafer Erokay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Ricardo Zorita made a huge save. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Mateo Leguizamo got a free kick in the 82nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu in the 83rd 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 84th match minute, ....... was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulvi Pehlivan to maneuver through the defense. Ahmet Orhan Usal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateo Leguizamo in the 85th minute of the match. When Kahraman Turan in the 86th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Ricardo Zorita kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 0-2 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. .......'s Abdurrahim Şahinoğlu got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. .......'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.