Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Koby Wright started the match with the kick off. Canada's Jax Williamson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nihat Ilıca in the 2nd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Nihat Ilıca put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jax Williamson. Richard Mccarthy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Nizam Şafak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nizam Şafak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carter George, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The supporters of KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS booed when Canada was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eric Hill didn't get a good kick on the ball. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Korcan Eronat couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 20th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Canada. An unexpectedly hard shot by Koby Wright in the 22nd minute of play forced KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalkeeper Nizam Şafak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nizam Şafak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Mccarthy in the 25th minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Nihat Ilıca came free, but Jax Williamson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Canada's Koby Wright in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalie prevented a goal. Nizam Şafak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Mccarthy in the 34th minute of play. Richard Mccarthy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nizam Şafak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koby Wright in the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Mccarthy in the 43rd minute of play forced KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalkeeper Nizam Şafak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute, Nihat Ilıca had to leave the field with a concussion. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eric Hill during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 48th minute, Eric Hill hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

52 minutes into the match, Richard Mccarthy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nizam Şafak. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Richard Mccarthy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Korcan Eronat in the 57th minute. Nizam Şafak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Koby Wright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Canada made a substitution. Filip Edwards replaced Koby Wright. Cezmi Taşkınay took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jax Williamson. Jax Williamson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Canada's Theo Burton was substituted for Rohan Watson. Cezmi Taşkınay received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jax Williamson came out and tried to block the shot, but Cezmi Taşkınay slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 70th minute. 76 minutes into the game, KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Cezmi Taşkınay nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jax Williamson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS made a substitution. Asrın Çağakan replaced Lütfi Kadrettin. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Nizam Şafak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Edwards in the 83rd minute of play. If Jan Dixon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 88 minutes into the match, Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Cezmi Taşkınay came free, but Jax Williamson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nizam Şafak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Edwards in the 91st minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, Richard Mccarthy notched a goal, 2-5, to the right of KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Nizam Şafak. Nizam Şafak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.