Challenge

XL-Azrail Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 康雄霆 started the match with the kick off. XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 5th minute of play. Nurkan Beycan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Onuralp Tun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 16 minutes into the game, 康雄霆 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 康雄霆 in the 21st minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, XL-Azrail Team's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Nurkan Beycan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 康雄霆 in the 27th minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 康雄霆, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 康雄霆 might have been able to make a better finish in the 29th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 康雄霆 ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 29th minute 康雄霆 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. Monty Rogers recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nurkan Beycan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacob May, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Onuralp Tun sent off a good shot on target. 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 42nd minute. Cassius Byrne made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacob May in the 43rd minute of play forced XL-Azrail Team's goalkeeper Nurkan Beycan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nurkan Beycan came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Edward Mcdonald. But to his dismay, Edward Mcdonald quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. Nurkan Beycan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zach Harrison in the 51st minute. After 53 minutes of play, XL-Azrail Team's 康雄霆 made it 2-1 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! With a little luck, XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 59th minute of play forced XL-Azrail Team's goalkeeper Nurkan Beycan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, 康雄霆 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The XL-Azrail Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 70th minute of play. Nurkan Beycan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 75th minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fatih-Sultan Tekke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Fatih-Sultan Tekke got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Nurkan Beycan 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 83rd minute. Fatih-Sultan Tekke 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 88thth minute of the game Fatih-Sultan Tekke 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. In the 89th minute, Wieland Wipp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jenson Smith received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nurkan Beycan came out and tried to block the shot, but Jenson Smith slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 91st minute. Jacob May kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. 95 minutes into the game, Fatih-Sultan Tekke cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The XL-Azrail Team support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.