Challenge

Arena Prezulo
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. Jarbas Quadros 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 9th minute. In the 23rd minute, Turgut Soyuer reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marco Day. The goal made the score 2-0. When PREZULO FC's Turgut Soyuer in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. 33 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Jarbas Quadros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Raphael Moore in the 37th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by PREZULO FC's Turgut Soyuer. In the 41st minute, Turgut Soyuer left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PREZULO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Turgut Soyuer in the 46th 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. In the 48th minute the ball was on its way in behind PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Jarbas Quadros, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 49th minute of the match USA got a corner. PREZULO FC'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. The corner went over the outstretched arms of PREZULO FC's goalie and right to Jacob May. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. PREZULO FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Turgut Soyuer was the one to do the kick off. 56 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Jarbas Quadros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. Jarbas Quadros made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 59th minute. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Turgut Soyuer in the 60th minute of play. Jarbas Quadros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in PREZULO FC's zone, Monty Rogers stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jarbas Quadros came out of the goal and Monty Rogers tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Samuel Jobo's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Samuel Jobo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 64th match minute, PREZULO FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samuel Jobo to maneuver through the defense. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edward Mcdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Jarbas Quadros made a huge save. In the 73rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarbas Quadros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Turgut Soyuer, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Jarbas Quadros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 82nd minute of the match. PREZULO FC's Jarbas Quadros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save PREZULO FC from getting a goal against them. 85 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Turgut Soyuer came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, USA's Jarbas Quadros threw himself towards the right post 86 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Monty Rogers, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Zach Harrison took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Jarbas Quadros to make any attempt to save it. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 93rd minute of play forced PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Jarbas Quadros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isaac Ferreira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. In the 96th minute of the match, Sam Campbell got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jarbas Quadros was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Many of USA's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. USA may have spent more time on the ball, but PREZULO FC were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.