Challenge

HAS FUTBOL STADYUMU
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jarkko Laatikainen kicked off to start the match. 2 minutes into the game, Raphael Moore threw the ball into play from the sideline. Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's Yücel Tandoğdu quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 7th minute Futbol Sevenler Kulübü were awarded a corner. Ünal Betik went to the cornerflag to take it. Ünal Betik made a great header on Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's corner, it was just that USA's Marco Day managed to reach the ball for a save. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. The corner ended in Ünal Betik almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. Mert Günok made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 15th minute of play. Seyit Tülün's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Seyit Tülün helped the player get up and apologised. Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's Mert Günok played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 29th minute of play. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. In the 34th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mert Günok saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Jarkko Laatikainen came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Futbol Sevenler Kulübü fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jarkko Laatikainen couldn't finish the play. Mert Günok took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mert Günok showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of the match. Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's attentive Yücel Tandoğdu managed to snatch the ball when Raphael Moore made a throw-in in the 44th minute of the game. 47 minutes into the game, USA's Monty Rogers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mert Günok made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cassius Byrne made a kick off. Mert Günok 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 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 57th minute of play forced Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's goalkeeper Mert Günok to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. Cassius Byrne made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's Mert Günok managed to reach the ball for a save. Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's attentive Jacek Zielinski managed to snatch the ball when Diego Bradley made a throw-in in the 60th minute of the game. Mert Günok made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zach Harrison in the 66th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 67th minute of play forced Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's goalkeeper Mert Günok to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mert Günok showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 71st minute of the match. Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's Mert Günok proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Futbol Sevenler Kulübü from getting a goal against them. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Futbol Sevenler Kulübü made a substitution. Lupe Bower replaced Yücel Tandoğdu. 82 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mert Günok. Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. If Özgür Özbek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 88 minutes into the match, Futbol Sevenler Kulübü's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Mert Günok reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute, Lupe Bower got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 92 minutes of play, USA's Jenson Smith made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mert Günok was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Jenson Smith had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 96th minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mert Günok saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Futbol Sevenler Kulübü throughout the match.