Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Ceferino Gorri started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Diego Bradley hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Nizam Şafak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute of the match, Cassius Byrne got a very nice opportunity to score, but Nizam Şafak was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 21st minute Nihat Ilıca 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. In the 30th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nizam Şafak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 32nd minute of play forced KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalkeeper Nizam Şafak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 36th minute. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Nizam Şafak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS from getting a goal against them. Nizam Şafak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 40th minute of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Perutxo in the 41st minute of the match. With a little luck, KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Nizam Şafak got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, İlbey Birsen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cassius Byrne took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 54th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nizam Şafak. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ceferino Gorri got free with Marco Day in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalkeeper Nizam Şafak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 61st minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nizam Şafak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 67 minutes, Nihat Ilıca managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nihat Ilıca was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A hard shot 70 in the game by Cezmi Taşkınay from a close distance when the talented Marco Day managed to make a qualified save. USA's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 72nd minute of play forced KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalkeeper Nizam Şafak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 77 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nizam Şafak was left in no man's land by his defense there! KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's João Pedro Silva was substituted for Lütfi Kadrettin. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Ceferino Gorri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. In the 84th minute, Ceferino Gorri 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 1-2. In the 87th minute Cezmi Taşkınay 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. Ceferino Gorri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ceferino Gorri in the 92nd minute. After 93 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ceferino Gorri who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Ceferino Gorri got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ceferino Gorri got free with Marco Day in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Although USA had been in control for most of the match, KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS still came away with the win.