Federation Clash Challenge

Juan F. Barraza
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Herminio Florinio got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, Harun Elçin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Club Deportivo Águila's Dong Hui Yue got a free kick in the 8th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Club Deportivo Águila's zone, Berke Gümüşsoy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gustavo Guimarães came out of the goal and Berke Gümüşsoy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Berke Gümüşsoy in the 20th minute of play forced Club Deportivo Águila's goalkeeper Gustavo Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustavo Guimarães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berke Gümüşsoy in the 21st minute of the match. In the 22nd match minute, BEŞİKTAŞK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emmet McAaron to maneuver through the defense. Arda Göksel Yalman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herminio Florinio in the 23rd minute of the match. Gustavo Guimarães took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berke Gümüşsoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Club Deportivo Águila's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Harun Elçin was slow to take the kick. During this time BEŞİKTAŞK's players had a chance to rest. In the 32nd minute, Emmet McAaron hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 39th minute Berke Gümüşsoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustavo Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Club Deportivo Águila made a substitution. Dário Diniz replaced Herminio Florinio. A sloppy throw-in by Dong Hui Yue in the 58th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by BEŞİKTAŞK's Özkan Dönmez. The audience thought a goal was coming when Berke Gümüşsoy got free with Gustavo Guimarães in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. BEŞİKTAŞK were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after Club Deportivo Águila's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Valdemar Almkvist took the corner. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Berke Gümüşsoy took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Gustavo Guimarães to make any attempt to save it. 70 minutes into the match, Okan Koc had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gustavo Guimarães. Club Deportivo Águila's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Okan Koc was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 73rd minute, Dário Diniz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arda Göksel Yalman was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. In the 76th minute Zlatin Ibrahimović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustavo Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute BEŞİKTAŞK were awarded a corner. Valdemar Almkvist went to the cornerflag to take it. 79 minutes into the match, Club Deportivo Águila's goal looked a bit too open when Chen Jun Yan came free, but Gustavo Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 80 minutes into the game, Okan Koc cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Gustavo Guimarães was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 87 minutes of play, BEŞİKTAŞK's Zlatin Ibrahimović made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gustavo Guimarães was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dong Hui Yue kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Gustavo Guimarães took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zlatin Ibrahimović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gustavo Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatin Ibrahimović in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Okan Koc in the 96th minute of play forced Club Deportivo Águila's goalkeeper Gustavo Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zlatin Ibrahimović could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 98th minute of the match, but Gustavo Guimarães made a huge save. BEŞİKTAŞK'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.