Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Egun Zapico took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Egun Zapico was a little too slow when Cassius Byrne got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 10th minute. The score was now 1-0. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Egun Zapico made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 18th minute of play. In the 19th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Cassius Byrne fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Egun Zapico quite easily take care of the ball. Egun Zapico showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 28th minute, Boğaç Çelikoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egun Zapico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Burak Orkan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute of the match ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Boğaç Çelikoz ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's corner Boğaç Çelikoz fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. In the 42nd minute, Cassius Byrne ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Egun Zapico was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Egun Zapico made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 47th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan to strike the kick off in the second half. Egun Zapico showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Egun Zapico showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 64th minute of the match. Monty Rogers blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Egun Zapico having to make a save. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Sultan Yasin was substituted for Burak Orkan. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ made a substitution. Estevão Reis replaced Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan. Sultan Yasin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Egun Zapico 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 75th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 76th minute of play forced ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's goalkeeper Egun Zapico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Egun Zapico took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Sultan Yasin managed to get in a good position for a shot. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's supporters rose to their feet, but Sultan Yasin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. After some careless play in the ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ defense, Sam Campbell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Egun Zapico. The ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Egun Zapico should have stopped the shot. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Egun Zapico played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Baker in the 91st minute of play. In the 93rd minute Marco Baker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egun Zapico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. USA fully deserved thier win.