Challenge

Bulanik Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Gloria Steinem Liberty's Kevin Reid started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Mark Newman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gloria Steinem Liberty fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 9th minute Hasan Tahsin Sirer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ben Hazel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fazlı Gülerce showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Newman in the 12th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Devran Arslan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ben Hazel. That made the score 1-1 in the 16 minute of play. When Peter Tracy came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Gloria Steinem Liberty fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Peter Tracy couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christopher Norfolk in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fazlı Gülerce prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ben Hazel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hasan Tahsin Sirer in the 32nd minute of play. In the 41st minute, FightForHonor's Hasan Tahsin Sirer ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ben Hazel. Ben Hazel yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. 45 minutes into the game, FightForHonor's Devran Arslan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ben Hazel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hasan Tahsin Sirer made a kick off. Fazlı Gülerce didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Gloria Steinem Liberty's Kevin Reid shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Through an outstanding action, after 57 minutes, Fazlı Gülerce successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 70 minutes of play, Gloria Steinem Liberty's Kevin Reid made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fazlı Gülerce was left in no man's land by his defense there! Christopher Norfolk struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Fazlı Gülerce didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gloria Steinem Liberty. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cüneyt Payam during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to FightForHonor getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Cüneyt Payam hit a great ball. In the 77th minute, Richard Hunter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 81 played minutes FightForHonor got a freekick which was hit by Arif Oğuz Selahaddin. Gloria Steinem Liberty played a much better game than FightForHonor and deserved their victory. The FightForHonor players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.