Challenge

İSTANBUL İNÖNÜ STADI
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Koby Wright got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute AYYILDIZ were awarded a corner. Alp Arslan went to the cornerflag to take it. After 8 minutes AYYILDIZ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Koby Wright who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Carter George managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Leo Richie struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Jax Williamson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AYYILDIZ. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carter George in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Göktürk Semin saved AYYILDIZ from getting behind. In the 15th minute Koby Wright shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Göktürk Semin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Koby Wright received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Göktürk Semin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jax Williamson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gregorio Ruiz's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. In the 19th minute Koby Wright shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Göktürk Semin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonio Romino made in the 22nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Canada's Carter George. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carter George in the 24th minute of play forced AYYILDIZ's goalkeeper Göktürk Semin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Koby Wright fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Göktürk Semin having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonio Romino got free with Jax Williamson in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gregorio Ruiz who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 34thth minute tested the skills of Jax Williamson when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Göktürk Semin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 37th minute of play. Göktürk Semin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rohan Watson in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 45th minute, one of Canada:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Canada.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gregorio Ruiz to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Ahmet Çağrı Baykır's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jax Williamson was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Jax Williamson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gregorio Ruiz in the 55th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, AYYILDIZ's Antonio Romino got a free kick in the 58th minute. Antonio Romino hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, Canada's Göktürk Semin threw himself towards the right post 60 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Rohan Watson, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Göktürk Semin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rohan Watson, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Gregorio Ruiz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Jax Williamson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmet Çağrı Baykır fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jax Williamson having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Antonio Romino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jax Williamson was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Gregorio Ruiz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 86th minute Leo Richie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jax Williamson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute of the match AYYILDIZ got a corner. Canada's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alp Arslan ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 93 minutes of play, Canada's Luka Harris made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Göktürk Semin was left in no man's land by his defense there! 96 minutes into the match, Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Gregorio Ruiz came free, but Jax Williamson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The AYYILDIZ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Canada were clearly better and deserved to take the win.