Challenge

H.Avni Aker
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Matteo Mata started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, USA's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sacit Övünç fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Derman Soysaldı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 8th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Matteo Mata's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. If Matteo Mata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matteo Mata in the 14th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When USA's Cassius Byrne in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalie prevented a goal. Derman Soysaldı took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Matteo Mata took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Marco Day to make any attempt to save it. Ovidio Argina's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ovidio Argina helped the player get up and apologised. After 22 played minutes ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► got a freekick which was hit by Ovidio Argina. In the 32ndth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Derman Soysaldı was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matteo Mata in the 34th minute of play. Derman Soysaldı stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. Derman Soysaldı made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 44th minute of play. Matteo Mata fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. Derman Soysaldı took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Diego Bradley hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Derman Soysaldı showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 62nd minute of the match. With a little luck, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Derman Soysaldı got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. Derman Soysaldı 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 76th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Bradley to maneuver through the defense. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. After 77 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Diego Bradley. Derman Soysaldı made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 86th minute of play. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Derman Soysaldı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 88th minute of play. Derman Soysaldı made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. In the 91stth minute of the game Matteo Mata 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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matteo Mata in the 94th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marco Baker got free with Derman Soysaldı in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.