Challenge

CAN ERZURUM ARENA
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sven-Olof Vestlund got the match started through his kick off. Joar Scheie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 3rd minute, Sven-Olof Vestlund got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Atabek Tecimen in the 5th minute of play. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arda Turan in the 7th minute. The supporters of USA booed when CAN ERZURUM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rolando Betadur didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 12th minute, Cassius Byrne got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Joar Scheie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Atabek Tecimen came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Monty Rogers struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Joar Scheie didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. Joar Scheie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 21st minute of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atabek Tecimen in the 22nd minute of the match. CAN ERZURUM's Joar Scheie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 24th minute of play. Joar Scheie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 26th minute Sven-Olof Vestlund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. CAN ERZURUM's Joar Scheie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 27th minute of play. After 33 minutes of play, USA's Cassius Byrne made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Joar Scheie was left in no man's land by his defense there! 35 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Joar Scheie was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 44th minute, Javier Zanetti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cassius Byrne was the one to do the kick off. Joar Scheie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 52 minutes CAN ERZURUM's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cassius Byrne who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Cassius Byrne fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Joar Scheie quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Atabek Tecimen in the 58th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arda Turan, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. CAN ERZURUM's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mehmet Şefik Karadağ in the 60th minute. The corner ended in Mehmet Şefik Karadağ almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. The supporters of USA booed when CAN ERZURUM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rolando Betadur didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, CAN ERZURUM's Rolando Betadur got a free kick in the 63rd minute. A hard shot 64 in the game by Cassius Byrne from a close distance when the talented Joar Scheie managed to make a qualified save. CAN ERZURUM's players were relieved. 66 minutes into the game, Sven-Olof Vestlund was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. CAN ERZURUM's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave USA the free kick. Sven-Olof Vestlund hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehmet Şefik Karadağ in the 69th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, CAN ERZURUM's goalkeeper Joar Scheie had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. Sam Campbell's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 74thth minute, Joar Scheie skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Joar Scheie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sven-Olof Vestlund's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the USA 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 Monty Rogers couldn't finish the play. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. CAN ERZURUM's Charles Puyol was substituted for Rolando Betadur. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers.