Challenge

RUZGAR ARENA
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ray Ruth got the match started through his kick off. Ray Ruth might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ray Ruth ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ray Ruth in the 3rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sikstas Ferdi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sikstas Ferdi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Mcdonald went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 16th 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. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rómeó Julia was slow to take the kick. During this time Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's players had a chance to rest. In the 20th minute of the match USA got a corner. Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ray Ruth, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute, Cassius Byrne made a precise shot to the right of Sikstas Ferdi. Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. 30 minutes into the game, USA's Monty Rogers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sikstas Ferdi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ray Ruth in the 37th minute of the match. In the 39th minute of the match Ruzgar Gibi Geçti got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rómeó Julia ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Rómeó Julia got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 46th minute of the game Jenson Smith made a throw-in which Monty Rogers played forward. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's Sikstas Ferdi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 51st minute of play. 53 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sikstas Ferdi. Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cassius Byrne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 56th minute Ray Ruth 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. Sikstas Ferdi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. 59 minutes into the game, Edward Mcdonald cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Sikstas Ferdi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Ruzgar Gibi Geçti getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Yiğit Can Sungur hit a great ball. Ruzgar Gibi Geçti made a substitution. Cabbar Müfit replaced Yiğit Can Sungur. Yiğit Can Sungur hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. With his leg Sikstas Ferdi managed to avoid a goal in the 72ndth minute, when USA's Sam Campbell fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. In the 82nd minute of the game Raphael Moore made a throw-in which Sam Campbell played forward. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ray Ruth in the 83rd minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ray Ruth, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but Sikstas Ferdi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 93rd play minutes Sam Campbell shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Sikstas Ferdi and just under the crossbar into goal. USA's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.