Challenge

Büyükçekmece Stadı
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd minute, Artem Strizhev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erol Suer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 3rd minute of play. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Persson, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. 20 minutes into the match, Jan Persson notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Jan Persson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Sergio Hug made a great header on Büyükçekmece FC.'s corner, it was just that USA's Marco Day managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 29th minute of play forced Büyükçekmece FC.'s goalkeeper Erol Suer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erol Suer 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 31st minute. Bishop Fazey could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. Bishop Fazey could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. A collision led to Büyükçekmece FC. getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Augustin Bogdan hit a great ball. After 39 minutes, Edward Mcdonald made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Büyükçekmece FC.'s Erol Suer tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 42nd minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erol Suer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute, Artem Strizhev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erol Suer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erol Suer came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Monty Rogers. But to his dismay, Monty Rogers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jan Persson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bishop Fazey in the 50th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jan Persson in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 61st minute, Jan Persson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Büyükçekmece FC. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bishop Fazey in the 67th minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Bishop Fazey made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. After 71 minutes of play, Büyükçekmece FC.'s Jan Persson made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! Büyükçekmece FC.'s Erol Suer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Büyükçekmece FC. from getting a goal against them. After having played for 78 minutes, Jan Persson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Büyükçekmece FC.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Jan Persson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Persson in the 81st minute of play. Marco Baker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 90th minute of play forced Büyükçekmece FC.'s goalkeeper Erol Suer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.