Challenge

KOO Park
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Doğukan Nadi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gökalp Sadiray showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 4th minute of the match. After 6 minutes of play, Panama's Tomas Berganza made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gökalp Sadiray was left in no man's land by his defense there! Doğukan Nadi scored 1-1 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Cotilla, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Boğaç Kutuner received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcos Cotilla came out and tried to block the shot, but Boğaç Kutuner slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 15th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 18th minute of play forced KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Gökalp Sadiray to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gökalp Sadiray showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After 21 played minutes KOO Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Hüsmen Ötüken. 22 minutes into the game, Abraham Alguacil cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Gökalp Sadiray was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doğukan Nadi in the 25th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oğuzcan Pamirhan hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. After having played for 38 minutes, Abraham Alguacil managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panama's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abraham Alguacil was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 41 minutes into the game, Isidoro Sarmiento cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Gökalp Sadiray was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. KOO Tigers's Gökalp Sadiray played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 52nd minute of play. After 58 minutes of play, Panama's Abraham Alguacil made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gökalp Sadiray was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in KOO Tigers's zone, Abraham Alguacil stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gökalp Sadiray came out of the goal and Abraham Alguacil tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gökalp Sadiray having to interfere. 69 minutes into the match, Tomas Berganza had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gökalp Sadiray. KOO Tigers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Berganza was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5. The crowd rose to their feet as Isidoro Sarmiento kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gökalp Sadiray. That made the score 2-6 in the 72 minute of play. 79 minutes into the game, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gökalp Sadiray made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-7. Panama's Miguel Miralles quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Lütfullah Akçakoca, made in the 83rd minute of the game. When Ronaldo J.J. fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KOO Tigers's protests and gave Ronaldo J.J. a yellow card for diving instead. In the 84th minute, Ronaldo J.J. hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abraham Alguacil was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 85th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Abraham Alguacil kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Tomas Berganza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The KOO Tigers fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Panama were clearly better and deserved to take the win.