Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, Pantelis Christopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cirilo Ritchie scored 0-2 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jax Williamson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 21 minutes Arrecifes'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. Arif Ozan Oğuztan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Dixon in the 25th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the game, Raul Vigil threw the ball into play from the sideline. Canada's Eric Hill quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Arif Ozan Oğuztan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Koby Wright, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 36th minute, Jan Dixon 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cirilo Ritchie in the 38th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute, Koby Wright ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arif Ozan Oğuztan was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 42 minutes into the game, Koby Wright lined in a short shot 2-2 behind a frustrated Arif Ozan Oğuztan. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cirilo Ritchie to make the kick off. Arif Ozan Oğuztan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 53rd minute of play. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cirilo Ritchie, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Koby Wright in the 57th minute of play forced Arrecifes's goalkeeper Arif Ozan Oğuztan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute, Koby Wright left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Canada fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Canada made a substitution. Filip Edwards replaced Koby Wright. Arrecifes's Hipolito Laurendi was substituted for Natanael Matorin. The throw-in from Theo Burton in the 64th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Arrecifes's Modesto Gipuzkoa. Jax Williamson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felipe Senon in the 66th minute of play. Arif Ozan Oğuztan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Felipe Senon in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jax Williamson saved Canada from getting behind. If Felipe Senon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Taci Ulusoy made in the 84th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Felipe Senon. When Canada's Filip Edwards, in the 94th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Canada.