Challenge

Bursa
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, Palestine's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Anatole Nielispach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 1-0 became the score in the 6th minute when Tarık Tayfun elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Anatole Nielispach didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Felix Montenegro scored 1-2 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anatole Nielispach, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Anatole Nielispach showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 19th minute of the match. In the 19th match minute, Palestine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Savaşer Ayana to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Palestine's goalkeeper Anatole Nielispach, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Çınar Başkurt in the 23rd minute of play. When Çınar Başkurt came up free with the goalie in the 24th 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 Çınar Başkurt couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 26th minute of play forced Palestine's goalkeeper Anatole Nielispach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita scored 1-3 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anatole Nielispach, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After taking down the ball on Palestine's corner Tarık Tayfun fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Palestine fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 32nd minute. Penalty! Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anatole Nielispach made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 42nd minute of play. Tage Falk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 46 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 47th minute, Mustafa Emrah Yeten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tage Falk to make the kick off. When Palestine's Çınar Başkurt in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a free kick in the 55th minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Çınar Başkurt in the 62nd minute of play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tage Falk, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes into the match, Palestine's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Anatole Nielispach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anatole Nielispach showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anatole Nielispach showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Palestine's Tage Falk got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 75 minutes into the game, Tage Falk cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Julio Vera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Palestine's Anatole Nielispach proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Palestine from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Cristian Sancho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anatole Nielispach. That made the score 3-4 in the 80 minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Çınar Başkurt came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 87th minute of play forced Palestine's goalkeeper Anatole Nielispach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 94 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tarık Tayfun who took care of the corner kick. Ecuador'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.