National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vefa Ozansoy started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Joaquin Orkatz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fernando Muslera. The goal made the score 1-0. With a little luck, Turkey's Fernando Muslera got control of the ball when Joaquin Orkatz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Argentina's Arnulfo Papo suffered a concussion in the 8th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. 8 minutes into the game, Aydın Aydın was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Turkey's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Argentina the free kick. In the 9th match minute, Turkey was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aydın Aydın to maneuver through the defense. Fernando Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquin Orkatz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Turkey's Fernando Muslera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Turkey from getting a goal against them. Roberto Cresencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vefa Ozansoy in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquin Orkatz in the 15th minute of play forced Turkey's goalkeeper Fernando Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roberto Cresencio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vefa Ozansoy in the 16th minute of play. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Argentina's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aydın Aydın was slow to take the kick. During this time Turkey's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Aydın Aydın got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roberto Cresencio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Joaquin Orkatz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Fernando Muslera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 21st minute Vefa Ozansoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Cresencio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joaquin Orkatz took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fernando Muslera. Fernando Muslera 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. Vefa Ozansoy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fernando Muslera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquin Orkatz in the 31st minute of play. Fernando Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquin Orkatz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yiğitcan Yücesan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Roberto Cresencio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. In the 35th minute Vefa Ozansoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Cresencio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Argentina getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Aureliano Baladi hit a great ball. Roberto Cresencio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vefa Ozansoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute Joaquin Orkatz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Muslera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Turkey's Yiğitcan Yücesan got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Roberto Cresencio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vefa Ozansoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joaquin Orkatz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Silvestre Elorri made a precise shot to the right of Fernando Muslera. Turkey's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Oğuzkan Önen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Cresencio having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vefa Ozansoy got free with Roberto Cresencio in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fernando Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquin Orkatz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the match, Turkey's Yiğitcan Yücesan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roberto Cresencio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 63rd minute Yiğitcan Yücesan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Cresencio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Argentina's Roberto Cresencio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Argentina from getting a goal against them. Fernando Muslera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquin Orkatz in the 65th minute of play. Argentina made a substitution. Antonio Baudelio replaced Edelmiro Vachon. Turkey made a substitution. Ali Haydar Gurbet replaced Ogün Temizkanoğlu. Turkey made a substitution. Feridun Şerif replaced Vefa Ozansoy. Roberto Cresencio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Feridun Şerif in the 70th minute. After 73 minutes of play, Argentina's Silvestre Elorri made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Muslera was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Argentina's Joaquin Orkatz got a free kick in the 78th minute. Oğuzkan Önen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Cresencio having to interfere. In the 84th minute Joaquin Orkatz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Muslera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Argentina getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Marcos Caceres hit a great ball. Joaquin Orkatz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fernando Muslera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. Argentina's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Victorio Erasto in the 95th minute. The corner led Argentina's Victorio Erasto to fire away a dangerous shot which Fernando Muslera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the referee blew the final whistle, Argentina could leave the field as winners, despite Turkey having more of the ball for most of the match.
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