Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Grigoris Koufakis 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 6th minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikola Bogdanović in the 7th minute of the match. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 11 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Raphael Moore. After some careless play in the USA defense, Nelson Mandela kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikola Bogdanović, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the USA 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 Monty Rogers couldn't finish the play. Camillo Pesce fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Grigoris Koufakis 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 19th minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelson Mandela in the 21st minute of the match. Grigoris Koufakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. An unexpected shot in the 30th minute by Cassius Byrne got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. FK Željezničar's Grigoris Koufakis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save FK Željezničar from getting a goal against them. Grigoris Koufakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 35th minute of play. If Nikola Bogdanović had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FK Željezničar's Grigoris Koufakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 40th minute of play. Grigoris Koufakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grigoris Koufakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 42 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Grigoris Koufakis. FK Željezničar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After 45 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Fabian Brown. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nelson Mandela made a kick off. In the 51st minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grigoris Koufakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Šemsudin Kamber was slow to take the kick. During this time FK Željezničar's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Aleksander Naskrent heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 60 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Grigoris Koufakis. FK Željezničar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Nelson Mandela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. FK Željezničar's Stevan Žižović was substituted for Ibrahim Veizović. Grigoris Koufakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 74th minute of play. FK Željezničar's Grigoris Koufakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 75th minute of play. FK Željezničar made a substitution. Adi Jusufović replaced Nelson Mandela. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jenson Smith in the 83rd minute. Khalid Parry received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Grigoris Koufakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 90 minutes into the game, USA's Marco Baker nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Grigoris Koufakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Adi Jusufović hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Grigoris Koufakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 93rd minute of the match. 95 minutes into the game, USA's Khalid Parry nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Grigoris Koufakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. USA were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FK Željezničar for a fine match.