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İzmir Stadı
Spectators: 7886 (Terracing: 5915, Seating: 1814, VIP seats: 157) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jay-Jay Okocha made the kick off which started today's match. After 6 played minutes Salamanca UDS got a freekick which was hit by Aybars Yağızalp. 7 minutes into the match, Rahmi Özerol notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Salamanca UDS's Saip Baltaş. Saip Baltaş was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Derik's René Higuita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Derik from getting a goal against them. Salamanca UDS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kamel Espitalier in the 15th minute. The corner led Salamanca UDS's Kamel Espitalier to fire away a dangerous shot which René Higuita despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Carvalho in the 18th minute of play forced Derik's goalkeeper René Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute Salamanca UDS were awarded a corner. Kamel Espitalier went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Salamanca UDS's Kamel Espitalier to fire away a dangerous shot which René Higuita despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Saip Baltaş didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jay-Jay Okocha went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 26 minutes of play, Derik's Jay-Jay Okocha made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Saip Baltaş was left in no man's land by his defense there! Walter Mølndal succeeded in the game's 28th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-4. René Higuita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kamel Espitalier in the 33rd minute of play. A collision led to Derik getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Walter Mølndal hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Derik defense, Joaquim Carvalho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of René Higuita. The Derik fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that René Higuita should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walter Mølndal in the 43rd minute of play forced Salamanca UDS's goalkeeper Saip Baltaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Derik's defense didn't have a chance, in the 45th minute, when Kamel Espitalier scored to the left of an out of position René Higuita, making the score, 2-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-4.

In the 51stth minute of the game Kamel Espitalier who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Derik's René Higuita was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Saip Baltaş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walter Mølndal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jay-Jay Okocha in the 56th minute of play forced Salamanca UDS's goalkeeper Saip Baltaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Walter Mølndal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 62nd minute Kamel Espitalier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but René Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th match minute, Salamanca UDS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aybars Yağızalp to maneuver through the defense. In the 66th minute of the match Sacit Bala shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Saip Baltaş showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Carvalho in the 69th minute of play forced Derik's goalkeeper René Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute David Holmstedt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but René Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Salamanca UDS's Saip Baltaş played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Walter Mølndal in the 81st minute of play. Saip Baltaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sacit Bala, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Derik's René Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joaquim Carvalho in the 92nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Derik defense, Kamel Espitalier kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of René Higuita. The Derik fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that René Higuita should have stopped the shot. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.