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Match Report
LOI-Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sulo Montaña started the match with the kick off. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sulo Montaña got free with Marco Day in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but George Buturugã was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. George Buturugã took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20thth minute of the game Edward Mcdonald who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LOI's George Buturugã was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Edward Mcdonald spun around in front of the goal 21 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of LOI's goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cassius Byrne in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck George Buturugã prevented the ball from getting in the gole. USA were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after LOI's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Monty Rogers fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and George Buturugã quite easily take care of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sulo Montaña got free with Marco Day in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When USA's Cassius Byrne in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LOI's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sulo Montaña got free with Marco Day in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. George Buturugã didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The LOI players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. USA were winning 0-1.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. George Buturugã showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Özgür Özbay stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Özgür Özbay tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. George Buturugã showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Cassius Byrne put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of George Buturugã. When USA's Monty Rogers in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LOI's goalie prevented a goal. With a little luck, LOI's George Buturugã got control of the ball when Jacob May tried to sneak it across the goal line. The USA fans' excitement grew in the 67th match minute when USA's Jacob May looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. USA's Zach Harrison got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. LOI's Habib Durukan was substituted for Ahmet Hamdi Ortan. George Buturugã made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 85th minute of play. George Buturugã showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalid Parry, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. George Buturugã took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jenson Smith made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that LOI's George Buturugã managed to reach the ball for a save. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than LOI.
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