Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. Onur-Recep Kıvrak 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 3rd minute. Onur-Recep Kıvrak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 5th minute of play. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Onur-Recep Kıvrak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Bradley to maneuver through the defense. Onur-Recep Kıvrak 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 26th minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Onur-Recep Kıvrak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benedykt Lanczak took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Day. Marco Day dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 32 minutes into the match, Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Onur-Recep Kıvrak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Ahmet Hamdi Baran quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Diego Bradley, made in the 34th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Benedykt Lanczak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Benedykt Lanczak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 41 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Onur-Recep Kıvrak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikayıl Malişov in the 45th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Benedykt Lanczak stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Ahmet Hamdi Baran quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Diego Bradley, made in the 52nd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 58th minute of play forced Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's goalkeeper Onur-Recep Kıvrak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's attentive Mikayıl Malişov managed to snatch the ball when Diego Bradley made a throw-in in the 59th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Mcdonald was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Onur-Recep Kıvrak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Yağız Macit was substituted for Anastasio Jurdan. In the 66th minute, Jacob May hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jacob May hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Deng Jie Wei might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Deng Jie Wei ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 68th minute Deng Jie Wei 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. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Onur-Recep Kıvrak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 69th minute of play. If Ahmet Harun Siraceddin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ defense, Edward Mcdonald kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Onur-Recep Kıvrak. The Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Onur-Recep Kıvrak should have stopped the shot. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Onur-Recep Kıvrak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 75th minute of play. Onur-Recep Kıvrak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 78th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Onur-Recep Kıvrak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Ahmet Hamdi Baran kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. After 88 played minutes, USA's Jenson Smith shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Onur-Recep Kıvrak came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in USA reached it. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Onur-Recep Kıvrak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 90th minute of play. In the 93rd 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. USA walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.