Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Morten Langørgen started the match with the kick off. Aydın Tor in the 5thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Yunus-Emre Balcik, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The supporters of Turkey booed when Osmanlı İmparatorluğu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Morten Langørgen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cankut Wakabayashi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Morten Langørgen, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. In the 12th minute of the match Osmanlı İmparatorluğu got a corner. Turkey's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Emrah Öztay ran over to the corner to take the kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in Osmanlı İmparatorluğu fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 16th minute. Penalty! Turkey's Behzat Tanyeli quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Freddy Maura, made in the 35th minute of the game. In the 37th minute Turgut Soyuer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yunus-Emre Balcik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 39th minute Turkey were awarded a corner. Arman Ersan went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Arman Ersan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Yunus-Emre Balcik quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Aydın Tor could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Yunus-Emre Balcik made a huge save. Cankut Wakabayashi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Gökalp Tuğtekin, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. In the 45th minute Turgut Soyuer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yunus-Emre Balcik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute, Denis Barber hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Turgut Soyuer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yunus-Emre Balcik was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Turgut Soyuer made a kick off. Yunus-Emre Balcik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Turgut Soyuer in the 53rd minute of play. After having played for 55 minutes, Ahmet Gökalp Tuğtekin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ahmet Gökalp Tuğtekin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Yunus-Emre Balcik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Turgut Soyuer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Turgut Soyuer in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yunus-Emre Balcik saved Osmanlı İmparatorluğu from getting behind. Aydın Tor took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yunus-Emre Balcik. Yunus-Emre Balcik dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Turkey made a substitution. Halim Talat replaced Arjen Robben. Turkey made a substitution. Gürhan Sarıoğlu replaced Aydın Tor. In the 63rd minute, Gürhan Sarıoğlu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Yunus-Emre Balcik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Dos Reis, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 69th minute, Zé Dos Reis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yunus-Emre Balcik was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu made a substitution. Franc Debuire replaced Aybars Çokman. After having played for 75 minutes, Ahmet Gökalp Tuğtekin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ahmet Gökalp Tuğtekin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zé Dos Reis struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Yunus-Emre Balcik didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Turkey. Cankut Wakabayashi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Gökalp Tuğtekin in the 83rd minute of the match. Franc Debuire got a throw-in 85 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Aad Aab. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zé Dos Reis in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yunus-Emre Balcik saved Osmanlı İmparatorluğu from getting behind. Ahmet Gökalp Tuğtekin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zé Dos Reis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Yunus-Emre Balcik having to make a save. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Turkey had won after a very even match.