Challenge

Dragon Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Felix Obeko made the kick off which started today's match. Dragon Army's Hami Toktuğ played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 3rd minute of play. In the 5th minute of the match USA got a corner. Dragon Army's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. USA's Diego Bradley was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Hami Toktuğ in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Hami Toktuğ showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 7th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 11th minute of play forced Dragon Army's goalkeeper Hami Toktuğ to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Obeko in the 18th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Obeko got free with Marco Day in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Felix Obeko received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marco Day came out and tried to block the shot, but Felix Obeko slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 21st minute. The audience was convinced that Kerem Erek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. After 28 minutes, Alexis Kotsolis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dragon Army and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. 33 minutes into the game, USA's Cassius Byrne nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hami Toktuğ made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Obeko got free with Marco Day in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Felix Obeko in the 40thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marco Day, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 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.

51 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Obeko came free, but Marco Day 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 Felix Obeko in the 52nd minute of play. After 53 minutes of play, USA's Jenson Smith made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hami Toktuğ was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Obeko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute of the match Dragon Army 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. Kerem Erek ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Dragon Army's corner Kerem Erek fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kerem Erek in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kerem Erek, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Monty Rogers had several of the Dragon Army's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 66 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-3 score and a disappointed Hami Toktuğ as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 72nd minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hami Toktuğ saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hami Toktuğ showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Hami Toktuğ in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hami Toktuğ made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sam Campbell in the 76th minute. Dragon Army's Hami Toktuğ played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 77th minute of play. Marco Baker hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Sam Campbell scored 1-5 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hami Toktuğ, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Dragon Army.