Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Baal Ares got the match started through his kick off. Baal Ares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baal Ares in the 3rd minute of play. Luca Jivulescu 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 7th minute. The supporters of USA booed when Ares FC -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Călin Hoisie didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 18 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Karadeniz Otay who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Karadeniz Otay got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Mcdonald got free with Luca Jivulescu in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 24th minute Baal Ares 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. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baal Ares in the 25th minute of the match. Cassius Byrne's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Luca Jivulescu firmly grabbed it by the left post. Luca Jivulescu made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Monty Rogers in the 34thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Luca Jivulescu, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 36 played minutes Ares FC -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Viktor Eklund. 39 minutes into the game, Raphael Moore threw the ball into play from the sideline. Ares FC -MM-'s Viktor Eklund quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baal Ares in the 41st minute of the match. The corner led Ares FC -MM-'s Karadeniz Otay to fire away a dangerous shot which Marco Day despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Luca Jivulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 43rd minute of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. Luca Jivulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jenson Smith in the 51st minute of play. In the 53rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luca Jivulescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luca Jivulescu 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 55th minute. Luca Jivulescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cassius Byrne's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. Luca Jivulescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Folkert Walregt in the 61st minute. Luca Jivulescu 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 62nd minute. When Baal Ares came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Ares FC -MM- 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 Baal Ares couldn't finish the play. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Ares FC -MM-'s Mao Bin Ao quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Diego Bradley, made in the 70th minute of the game. Luca Jivulescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Ares FC -MM-'s attentive Mao Bin Ao managed to snatch the ball when Jenson Smith made a throw-in in the 78th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Ares FC -MM- defense, Sam Campbell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luca Jivulescu. The Ares FC -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luca Jivulescu should have stopped the shot. Luca Jivulescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sam Campbell's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. 93 minutes into the match, Khalid Parry notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Ares FC -MM-'s Luca Jivulescu. Luca Jivulescu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.