Challenge

Maraschin Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. Fabian Brown's late challenge caught a AS Maraschin Calcio CIMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabian Brown helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Brown to maneuver through the defense. Ferit Boğatekin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After 5 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Fabian Brown. After recieving a nice pass, AS Maraschin Calcio CIMZ's Controller Junel tried to score from far away in the 5th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 7 minutes into the game, USA's Cassius Byrne nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ferit Boğatekin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Ferit Boğatekin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 17th minute of play. Ferit Boğatekin came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Monty Rogers. But to his dismay, Monty Rogers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Ferit Boğatekin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 19th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rahmad Lunggana got free with Marco Day in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of USA booed when AS Maraschin Calcio CIMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eduardo Paes didn't get a good kick on the ball. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. In the 36th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferit Boğatekin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rahmad Lunggana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raphael Moore hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Ferit Boğatekin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Ferit Boğatekin made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. 60 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ferit Boğatekin, 0-4. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sean Dekker in the 63rd minute of play. Ferit Boğatekin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 67th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Cassius Byrne took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Ferit Boğatekin to make any attempt to save it. AS Maraschin Calcio CIMZ's Gu Guang Cheng was substituted for Rahmad Lunggana. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. With a little luck, AS Maraschin Calcio CIMZ's Ferit Boğatekin got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gu Guang Cheng went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. In the 82nd minute, Sean Dekker made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-5. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gu Guang Cheng in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ferit Boğatekin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sam Campbell in the 89th minute. Ferit Boğatekin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 90th minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Eduardo Paes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The AS Maraschin Calcio CIMZ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.