Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Onur-Recep Kıvrak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 12th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Onur-Recep Kıvrak in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 23rd minute, Benedykt Lanczak made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedykt Lanczak in the 30th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 32nd minute of play. The supporters of USA booed when Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmet Hamdi Baran didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Onur-Recep Kıvrak in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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 39th minute of play. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Behzat Tanyeli got a free kick in the 45th minute. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Benedykt Lanczak was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Benedykt Lanczak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Edward Mcdonald's late challenge caught a Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edward Mcdonald helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edward Mcdonald to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 56th minute of play forced Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's goalkeeper Onur-Recep Kıvrak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 played minutes Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ got a freekick which was hit by Anastasio Jurdan. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Yağız Macit was substituted for Anastasio Jurdan. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Deng Jie Wei was substituted for Benedykt Lanczak. Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ made a substitution. Ahmet Harun Siraceddin replaced Mikayıl Malişov. The supporters of USA booed when Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anastasio Jurdan didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 63rd minute of play forced Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's goalkeeper Onur-Recep Kıvrak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Deng Jie Wei might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th 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. Cassius Byrne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Monty Rogers might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Onur-Recep Kıvrak. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Monty Rogers ran back to his position shaking his head. 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 85th minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Onur-Recep Kıvrak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deng Jie Wei in the 87th minute of the match. After 89 minutes of play, Kᴇᴛᴇɴçᴀʏɪʀ's Deng Jie Wei made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! Onur-Recep Kıvrak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sam Campbell, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Onur-Recep Kıvrak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 94th minute of the match.