Challenge

Cihanbeyli Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. Lütfü Öktemer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 3 minutes into the game, USA's Monty Rogers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lütfü Öktemer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 7th minute, Edward Mcdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lütfü Öktemer 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 18th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raphael Moore to maneuver through the defense. Lütfü Öktemer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lütfü Öktemer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 25th minute of play. Lütfü Öktemer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 27th minute of play. Lütfü Öktemer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 29th minute of play. A collision led to MARAZZINO getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Jeronimo Heriberto hit a great ball. In the 41st minute of the match Cassius Byrne shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lütfü Öktemer showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Claudiu Răducanu to make the kick off. Lütfü Öktemer made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Lütfü Öktemer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 55th minute of the match. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lütfü Öktemer having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 64 minutes, Lütfü Öktemer successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 66 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Lütfü Öktemer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Lütfü Öktemer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. MARAZZINO's Lütfü Öktemer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save MARAZZINO from getting a goal against them. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Claudiu Răducanu went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Lütfü Öktemer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 85th minute of play forced MARAZZINO's goalkeeper Lütfü Öktemer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, USA's Lütfü Öktemer threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Khalid Parry, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Lütfü Öktemer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 87th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's Claudiu Răducanu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 90 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Svetomir Maier who took care of the corner kick. A sloppy throw-in by Diego Bradley in the 92nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by MARAZZINO's Svetomir Maier. Claudiu Răducanu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudiu Răducanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, MARAZZINO's Arman Miran got a free kick in the 94th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Khalid Parry in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lütfü Öktemer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. USA were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.