Challenge

Cihanbeyli Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudiu Răducanu in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute MARAZZINO were awarded a corner. İshak Kurhan went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on MARAZZINO's corner Dacian Zburliş fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. MARAZZINO's Svetomir Maier quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Raphael Moore, made in the 9th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudiu Răducanu got free with Marco Day in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. MARAZZINO's Claudiu Răducanu came free and shot a quick shot against goal 11 minutes in the game, fortunately Marco Day had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Lütfü Öktemer 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 12th minute. Dacian Zburliş received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 18th minute of play forced MARAZZINO's goalkeeper Lütfü Öktemer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Koby Fletcher was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 21 minutes into the match. Dacian Zburliş scored 1-0 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Day, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 34 minutes into the game, MARAZZINO's Claudiu Răducanu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Day made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Jacob May hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Cafu Dolar in the 56th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A nice corner shot did that İshak Kurhan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Claudiu Răducanu might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Claudiu Răducanu ran back to his position shaking his head. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudiu Răducanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. The audience was convinced that Claudiu Răducanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. USA's Raphael Moore pulled a muscle in his leg after 64 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 64 minutes, Mieszko Pilsudski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MARAZZINO and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to MARAZZINO getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Mieszko Pilsudski hit a great ball. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. In the 66th minute, Mieszko Pilsudski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 67 played minutes MARAZZINO got a freekick which was hit by Dacian Zburliş. In the 73rdth minute of the game Claudiu Răducanu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dacian Zburliş, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Claudiu Răducanu was slow to take the kick. During this time MARAZZINO's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on MARAZZINO's corner Claudiu Răducanu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 89th minute of play forced MARAZZINO's goalkeeper Lütfü Öktemer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd match minute, MARAZZINO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Svetomir Maier to maneuver through the defense. Jenson Smith took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 94th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lütfü Öktemer. MARAZZINO's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When the referee blew the final whistle, MARAZZINO could leave the field as winners, despite USA having more of the ball for most of the match.