Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) 10 minutes into the match, XL-Azrail Team's goalkeeper Nurkan Beycan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. In the 12th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nurkan Beycan was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Through an outstanding action, after 16 minutes, Nurkan Beycan successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Diego Bradley made in the 21st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by XL-Azrail Team's Abdulvahit Erencan. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 康雄霆 in the 22nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, XL-Azrail Team's Onuralp Tun got a free kick in the 27th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 28th minute of play forced XL-Azrail Team's goalkeeper Nurkan Beycan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, XL-Azrail Team's goalkeeper Nurkan Beycan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Monty Rogers. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Cassius Byrne managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Cassius Byrne was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nurkan Beycan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 36 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when 康雄霆 came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nurkan Beycan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 37th minute. In the 47th minute, XL-Azrail Team's Christiano Teixeira seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Christiano Teixeira the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of XL-Azrail Team protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Christiano Teixeira had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in XL-Azrail Team fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 46th minute. Penalty! The referee gave USA a penalty, 48 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Cassius Byrne, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan. 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Yasen Súlov hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. After 56 minutes, Monty Rogers made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nurkan Beycan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 59th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, XL-Azrail Team's 康雄霆 got a free kick in the 62nd minute. XL-Azrail Team's Aietes Rigatos was substituted for Oséias Mello. A collision led to XL-Azrail Team getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. 康雄霆 hit a great ball. 66 minutes into the match, XL-Azrail Team's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Nurkan Beycan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute, Jacob May hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Jacob May hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the XL-Azrail Team defense, Monty Rogers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nurkan Beycan. The XL-Azrail Team fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nurkan Beycan should have stopped the shot. Nurkan Beycan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 79th minute of the match. Nurkan Beycan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 82nd minute of play. In the 84th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nurkan Beycan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, USA's Edward Mcdonald got a free kick in the 87th minute. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. After a rather tough play, USA's Edward Mcdonald got a free kick in the 88th minute. Fatih-Sultan Tekke received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 91 minutes into the match, USA's Sam Campbell sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nurkan Beycan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Marco Day was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Fatih-Sultan Tekke showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-2 in the 93 minute of play. There was no doubt that USA were the better team. USA's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.