Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 康雄霆, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 10th 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. After a rather tough play, XL-Azrail Team's 康雄霆 got a free kick in the 26th minute. 康雄霆 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Monty Rogers got free with Nurkan Beycan in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by 康雄霆 in the 51st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60thth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nurkan Beycan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. In the 61stth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nurkan Beycan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th 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. XL-Azrail Team's Wieland Wipp was substituted for Onuralp Tun. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. In the 72nd minute XL-Azrail Team were awarded a corner. Wieland Wipp went to the cornerflag to take it. 74 minutes into the game, Ergün Benlioğlu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. XL-Azrail Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave USA the free kick. In the 74th minute, Ergün Benlioğlu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of USA booed when XL-Azrail Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdulvahit Erencan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abdulvahit Erencan hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Nurkan Beycan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Fatih-Sultan Tekke's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Nurkan Beycan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 86th minute of play. In the 88th minute Khalid Parry 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. 90 minutes into the match, XL-Azrail Team's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Baker came free, but Nurkan Beycan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 92nd minute of play. Fatih-Sultan Tekke blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Despite being the better team, USA failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.