Challenge

Independence Park
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Çınar Başkurt made the kick off which started today's match. When Doğan Neşet came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Palestine fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Doğan Neşet couldn't finish the play. Jamaall Padmore's late challenge caught a Palestine's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jamaall Padmore helped the player get up and apologised. After 4 played minutes Jamaica got a freekick which was hit by Jamaall Padmore. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Jamaica's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Savaşer Ayana was slow to take the kick. During this time Palestine's players had a chance to rest. A very nice done corner allowed Doğan Neşet to score against Demonde Jacobson in Jamaica's goal. 0-1 after 8 minutes. In the 11th minute, Doğan Neşet made a precise shot to the right of Demonde Jacobson. Jamaica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 14th minute Karlus Waugh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anatole Nielispach saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After taking down the ball on Jamaica's corner Finlay Stair fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Anatole Nielispach quite easily take care of the ball. Jamaica's Demonde Jacobson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Suelo Montana in the 17th minute of play. When Romon Oliver fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Jamaica's protests and gave Romon Oliver a yellow card for diving instead. Romon Oliver hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Jamaica defense, Doğan Neşet kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Demonde Jacobson. The Jamaica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Demonde Jacobson should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doğan Neşet in the 27th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 30 minutes, Bumin Onursev made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Jamaica's Demonde Jacobson tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Çınar Başkurt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Çınar Başkurt in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Demonde Jacobson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Palestine's Çınar Başkurt in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Jamaica's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bumin Onursev in the 38th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Demonde Jacobson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Savaşer Ayana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Demonde Jacobson came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Palestine's Çınar Başkurt. But to his dismay, Çınar Başkurt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Finlay Stair was the one to do the kick off. Demonde Jacobson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doğan Neşet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 54 minutes into the match, Doğan Neşet notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Jamaica's Demonde Jacobson. Demonde Jacobson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bumin Onursev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Demonde Jacobson was a little too slow when Çınar Başkurt got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 60th minute. The score was now 0-9. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doğan Neşet in the 65th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Demonde Jacobson managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Palestine's Suelo Montana fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 67th minute of the match Palestine got a corner. Jamaica's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Savaşer Ayana ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Jamaica's goalie and right to Doğan Neşet. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Jamaica's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 69th minute, Palestine's Çınar Başkurt ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Demonde Jacobson. Demonde Jacobson yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-10. Tarık Tayfun scored 0-11 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Demonde Jacobson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Demonde Jacobson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bumin Onursev in the 77th minute of play. Demonde Jacobson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Çınar Başkurt went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-12 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Suelo Montana got free with Demonde Jacobson in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 82nd minute, Doğan Neşet reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Demonde Jacobson. The goal made the score 0-13. Suelo Montana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Demonde Jacobson made a huge save. Demonde Jacobson was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bumin Onursev showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-14 in the 87 minute of play. After 93 minutes of play, Palestine's Çınar Başkurt made it 0-16 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Demonde Jacobson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Palestine'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.