Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Răzvan Spineanu made the kick off which started today's match. Karol Pierz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bacary Roudier was slow to take the kick. During this time RED BLUE STAR's players had a chance to rest. Karol Pierz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 18th minute of the match. In the 19th minute of the match, Cassius Byrne got a very nice opportunity to score, but Karol Pierz was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 19th minute, RED BLUE STAR's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Cassius Byrne fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as USA's Monty Rogers slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Karol Pierz. That made the score 2-0 after 20 minutes of play. In the 22nd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karol Pierz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when 姚然军 came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute of the match, Monty Rogers tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Karol Pierz saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 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 27th minute. Karol Pierz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute. RED BLUE STAR's Karol Pierz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save RED BLUE STAR from getting a goal against them. After having played for 33 minutes, Monty Rogers managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Monty Rogers was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Răzvan Spineanu in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. 39 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when 姚然军 came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 姚然军 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. In the 44thth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RED BLUE STAR's Karol Pierz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to RED BLUE STAR getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Radoslaw Gizynski hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 47th minute of play forced RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Karol Pierz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

RED BLUE STAR made a substitution. Namık Kemal Korur replaced Răzvan Spineanu. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dumitru Chiriacescu in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 57th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karol Pierz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karol Pierz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Namık Kemal Korur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 64th minute of play forced RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Karol Pierz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karol Pierz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. RED BLUE STAR's Karol Pierz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 73rd minute of play. If 姚然军 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Dumitru Chiriacescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dumitru Chiriacescu ran back to his position shaking his head. Karol Pierz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 81st minute of play. In the 83rd minute of the match, Namık Kemal Korur tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marco Day saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Namık Kemal Korur in the 85th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karol Pierz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 88th minute of play forced RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Karol Pierz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. RED BLUE STAR's Namık Kemal Korur got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 96 minutes into the match, RED BLUE STAR's 姚然军 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. There was no doubt that USA were the better team. USA's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.