Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Henk Veerman made the kick off which started today's match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Turgut Soyuer in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cihan Zafer saved ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► from getting behind. Turgut Soyuer might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cihan Zafer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Turgut Soyuer ran back to his position shaking his head. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Turgut Soyuer in the 9th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Güney Özboga got a free kick in the 12th minute. Cihan Zafer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Turgut Soyuer in the 20th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Turgut Soyuer left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Turkey fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Ahmet Boran Aktay made a great header on Turkey's corner, it was just that ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience was convinced that Corné van Basten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cankut Wakabayashi was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Tiburcio Muxica fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cankut Wakabayashi having to interfere. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Turgut Soyuer to make the kick off. Cihan Zafer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Turgut Soyuer, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Henk Veerman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cankut Wakabayashi came out and tried to block the shot, but Henk Veerman slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 56th minute. Henk Veerman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Cankut Wakabayashi made a huge save. 61 minutes into the game, Henk Veerman recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cankut Wakabayashi. Henk Veerman showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Özbek Karahan was substituted for Mustafa Yaşar Recai. Leopoldo Boniel kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. In the 65thth minute of the game Turgut Soyuer who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Turkey's Aydın Tor was substituted for Gürhan Sarıoğlu. Turkey made a substitution. Naim Ünal replaced Arjen Robben. In the 68th minute Turkey were awarded a corner. Servet Sönmez went to the cornerflag to take it. Zé Dos Reis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cihan Zafer having to interfere. 78 minutes into the game, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Henk Veerman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cankut Wakabayashi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Sacit Övünç was substituted for Anton Scheupach. Cihan Zafer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aydın Tor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cihan Zafer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aydın Tor went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. 92 minutes into the match, Turkey's Naim Ünal sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cihan Zafer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Dos Reis in the 94th minute of play. Cihan Zafer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Dos Reis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.