Challenge

KUVA-İ MİLLİYE
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 4th minute of play forced Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's goalkeeper Utku Yuvakuran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorukhan Toköz in the 6th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Utku Yuvakuran came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 9th minute of play forced Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's goalkeeper Utku Yuvakuran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Utku Yuvakuran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel-Omar Di Berardino, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. 19 minutes into the game, Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's Gabriel-Omar Di Berardino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dante Lacasa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 24 minutes into the game, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Utku Yuvakuran made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Dante Lacasa was a little too slow when Dorukhan Toköz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 30th minute. The score was now 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iwan Bule in the 39th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gabriel-Omar Di Berardino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Iwan Bule shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's goalkeeper Utku Yuvakuran, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's goalie and right to Alberto Tafalla. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Gaona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Utku Yuvakuran breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa made a substitution. Erkin Canay replaced Aytekin Ciner. Leonardo Leoz made in the 77th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's Erhan Eroğul. 83 minutes into the match, Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's goalkeeper Utku Yuvakuran had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. 85 minutes into the match, Erzincan MustafaKemalPaşa's goalkeeper Utku Yuvakuran had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Iwan Bule charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iwan Bule the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Iwan Bule kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Şakir Uçarer in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dante Lacasa prevented the ball from getting in the gole.