Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from İsrafil Yağız, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Mustafa Kemal 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 5th minute. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 9th minute. The corner led to USA's Jacob May getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 12th minute of play forced FK Mintis Vilnius's goalkeeper Mustafa Kemal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Tomas Danilevičius put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Marco Day. 21 minutes into the match, FK Mintis Vilnius's İsrafil Yağız sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Monty Rogers in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mustafa Kemal saved FK Mintis Vilnius from getting behind. Arūnas Pukelis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from İsrafil Yağız in the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mustafa Kemal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tomas Danilevičius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 35 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when İsrafil Yağız came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mustafa Kemal 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 37th minute. USA were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after FK Mintis Vilnius's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Raphael Moore fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mustafa Kemal quite easily take care of the ball. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by FK Mintis Vilnius's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. 39 minutes into the game, Zach Harrison recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mustafa Kemal. Zach Harrison showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. İsrafil Yağız fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Danilevičius to strike the kick off in the second half. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. FK Mintis Vilnius were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hubertas Dabkevičius took the corner. Mustafa Kemal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mustafa Kemal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 56th minute of the match. In the 63rd minute Tomas Danilevičius 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. After 64 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hubertas Dabkevičius who took care of the corner kick. Tomas Danilevičius recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. In the 70th minute FK Mintis Vilnius were awarded a corner. Hubertas Dabkevičius went to the cornerflag to take it. Mustafa Kemal 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 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 73rd minute of play forced FK Mintis Vilnius's goalkeeper Mustafa Kemal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 74th minute of play forced FK Mintis Vilnius's goalkeeper Mustafa Kemal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Sam Campbell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FK Mintis Vilnius's Mustafa Kemal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 92nd minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Tomas Danilevičius 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. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.