Challenge

Arenojen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) England's Kyle Cox 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. Raaojen's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kıvanç Balyemez in the 6th minute. The audience was convinced that Guaberto George's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Khalid Kennedy was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. In the 11th match minute, Raaojen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehmet Osman Samim to maneuver through the defense. Micah Macdonald recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kylan Mbappè succeeded in the game's 14th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Kylan Mbappè might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Khalid Kennedy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kylan Mbappè ran back to his position shaking his head. Khalid Kennedy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kylan Mbappè in the 17th minute. Mustafa Haydar Yalaz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Micah Macdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kylan Mbappè in the 22ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Khalid Kennedy, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After some careless play in the England defense, Kylan Mbappè kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Khalid Kennedy. The England fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Khalid Kennedy should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in England's zone, Akın Turhan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal and Akın Turhan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mustafa Haydar Yalaz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Issac Dawson in the 28th minute of play. Kıvanç Balyemez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Khalid Kennedy made a huge save. In the 41st minute Issac Dawson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mustafa Haydar Yalaz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guaberto George in the 43rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guaberto George in the 46th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kıvanç Balyemez, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. The supporters of Raaojen booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Issac Dawson didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Akın Turhan came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the Raaojen 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 Akın Turhan couldn't finish the play. In the 58th minute, Cooper Thompson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 61 minutes into the game, Kyle Cox was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. England's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Raaojen the free kick. After a rather tough play, England's Kyle Cox got a free kick in the 61st minute. Raaojen's Mustafa Haydar Yalaz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Issac Dawson in the 78th minute of play. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kylan Mbappè in the 85th minute of the match. Raaojen's Mustafa Haydar Yalaz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 89th minute of play. England's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.