Challenge

Rewulu Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filip Panțuru, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. If Filip Panțuru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adjat Inzaghi kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Onur Ali Tulun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 30 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Putra Rewulu's Adrianus Tambunan. Adrianus Tambunan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Putra Rewulu's Filip Panțuru got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Filip Panțuru's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 40thth minute, Marco Day skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Adrianus Tambunan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half USA were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Filip Panțuru made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Onur Ali Tulun 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. 57 minutes into the game, Onur Ali Tulun cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adjat Inzaghi in the 60th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Putra Rewulu's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Adrianus Tambunan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute USA were awarded a corner. Monty Rogers went to the cornerflag to take it. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Monty Rogers in the 68th minute. Sam Campbell made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Putra Rewulu's Adrianus Tambunan managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 70th minute, Edward Mcdonald 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. Adrianus Tambunan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. 77 minutes into the match, Putra Rewulu's goalkeeper Adrianus Tambunan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. Jacob May sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Putra Rewulu's Adrianus Tambunan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Putra Rewulu from getting a goal against them. After having played for 94 minutes, Sam Campbell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sam Campbell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the USA players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.