Challenge

8 Eylül Stadı
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Namık Kemal Özakay started the match with the kick off. Göksun Gülen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyle Cox, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, Nevşehir Juniors's Behzat Oker got a free kick in the 7th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Nevşehir Juniors's zone, Kyle Cox stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Göksun Gülen came out of the goal and Kyle Cox tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Micah Macdonald struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Göksun Gülen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for England. Göksun Gülen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xavier Gallagher in the 11th minute of play. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nevşehir Juniors's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Micah Macdonald was slow to take the kick. During this time England's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of England booed when Nevşehir Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Garip Uran didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 23rd minute of play forced Nevşehir Juniors's goalkeeper Göksun Gülen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Nevşehir Juniors's Garip Uran got a free kick in the 26th minute. Göksun Gülen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Issac Dawson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nevşehir Juniors's Göksun Gülen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Micah Macdonald in the 30th minute of play. Micah Macdonald charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Micah Macdonald the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 32nd minute, Micah Macdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 33 minutes into the game, Alphan Danış was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nevşehir Juniors's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave England the free kick. Namık Kemal Özakay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khalid Kennedy having to interfere. Göksun Gülen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kyle Cox's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 44th minute of play forced Nevşehir Juniors's goalkeeper Göksun Gülen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nevşehir Juniors's goalkeeper Göksun Gülen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kyle Cox got free with Göksun Gülen in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Namık Kemal Özakay kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Xavier Gallagher sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpected shot in the 64th minute by Micah Macdonald got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Nevşehir Juniors's Göksun Gülen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xavier Gallagher in the 67th minute of play. With a little luck, Nevşehir Juniors's Göksun Gülen got control of the ball when Issac Dawson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nevşehir Juniors's Göksun Gülen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Nevşehir Juniors from getting a goal against them. Göksun Gülen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Through an outstanding action, after 73 minutes, Göksun Gülen successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 75th minute Issac Dawson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Göksun Gülen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 80 played minutes Nevşehir Juniors got a freekick which was hit by Nurkan Uçhan. Göksun Gülen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Caelan Hayes, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Göksun Gülen having to interfere. Göksun Gülen made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Issac Dawson sent off a good shot on target. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Şaban Sarı, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. 91 minutes into the game, Nurkan Uçhan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nevşehir Juniors's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave England the free kick. After 91 played minutes Nevşehir Juniors got a freekick which was hit by Nurkan Uçhan. Issac Dawson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Göksun Gülen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.