Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Ray Ruth made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute Cassius Byrne 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. 5 minutes into the match, Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goalkeeper Sikstas Ferdi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's Ray Ruth got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 8 minutes into the match, Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Sikstas Ferdi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sikstas Ferdi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ray Ruth in the 13th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sikstas Ferdi was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's Mariusz Biskupiak managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jacob May in the 20 minute of the game. Ray Ruth blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. 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. Sikstas Ferdi 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 27th minute. 29 minutes into the game, Jacob May threw the ball into play from the sideline. Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's Mariusz Biskupiak quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 31 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Ray Ruth came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, USA's Raphael Moore got a free kick in the 38th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Ray Ruth managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's supporters rose to their feet, but Ray Ruth was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ray Ruth received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 48 played minutes Ruzgar Gibi Geçti got a freekick which was hit by Kaptan Tevfik. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Cassius Byrne made the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Ruzgar Gibi Geçti defense, Cassius Byrne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sikstas Ferdi. The Ruzgar Gibi Geçti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sikstas Ferdi should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 59th minute of play forced Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goalkeeper Sikstas Ferdi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ray Ruth received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 74th minute, Edward Mcdonald ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sikstas Ferdi was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 79th minute of play forced Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goalkeeper Sikstas Ferdi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sikstas Ferdi 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 82nd minute. Sikstas Ferdi 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 85th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Sikstas Ferdi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Ruzgar Gibi Geçti defense, Monty Rogers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sikstas Ferdi. The Ruzgar Gibi Geçti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sikstas Ferdi should have stopped the shot. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. In the 95th minute, Ray Ruth left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ruzgar Gibi Geçti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. USA had played much better football throughout.