Challenge

Lions Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassius Byrne took the kick off in the first half of the match. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu 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 7th minute. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Lions Of Turks's Fuat Bayraktaroğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 11th minute of play. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bogumil Pochorylo might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bogumil Pochorylo ran back to his position shaking his head. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogumil Pochorylo in the 15th minute of play. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogumil Pochorylo, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogumil Pochorylo in the 23rd minute of play. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 25th minute of play. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 29th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Fuat Bayraktaroğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 40th minute of the match, Bogumil Pochorylo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marco Day saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After having played for 46 minutes, Cassius Byrne managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cassius Byrne was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bogumil Pochorylo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lions Of Turks's Aşkın Atik quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Diego Bradley, made in the 55th minute of the game. 55 minutes into the match, Bogumil Pochorylo notched a goal, 1-1, 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. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 65th minute of the match. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 73rd minute of the match. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu came out of the goal in the 80th 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. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. 84 minutes into the game, Diego Bradley threw the ball into play from the sideline. Lions Of Turks's Aşkın Atik quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Bogumil Pochorylo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. In the 88th minute Bogumil Pochorylo 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. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu 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 93rd minute. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lions Of Turks throughout the match.