Challenge

Niğde Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Göktürk Özgiray started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Ali Çağrı Demiroğlu fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Niğdespor's protests and gave Ali Çağrı Demiroğlu a yellow card for diving instead. Moises Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Olcay Orkun Acarbay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Özer Akartürk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Göktürk Özgirays short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Lautaro Navarro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Ali Çağrı Demiroğlu was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 18 minutes had been played. Ali Çağrı Demiroğlu hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute, Esteban Carvallo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Göktürk Özgiray kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lautaro Navarro. That made the score 1-0 in the 30 minute of play. Özer Akartürk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Villa in the 32nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Göktürk Özgiray's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lautaro Navarro was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. 38 minutes in the game Bahadırhan Rakim did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Erim Sungurbay. Honduras's Sebastian Villa got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 41st minute of the game Bahadırhan Rakim made a throw-in which Erim Sungurbay played forward. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edmundo Espiga was the one to do the kick off. Özer Akartürk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 54th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, Olcay Orkun Acarbay stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and Olcay Orkun Acarbay tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Valentín Carvallo got a free kick in the 58th minute. Özer Akartürk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 60th minute. If Olcay Orkun Acarbay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Niğdespor's Olcay Orkun Acarbay got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Honduras's Milagros Cabal managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Bahadırhan Rakim in the 69 minute of the game. Özer Akartürk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 70th minute of play. Özer Akartürk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 71st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Olcay Orkun Acarbay managed to get in a good position for a shot. Niğdespor's supporters rose to their feet, but Olcay Orkun Acarbay was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lautaro Navarro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Edmundo Espiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Olcay Orkun Acarbay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. In the 86th match minute, Niğdespor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdulmelik Özbir to maneuver through the defense.