Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Miau Stars's Ronaldo Fenomeno started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Abdulkadir Eraslan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 4th minute of play. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldo Fenomeno, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Abdulkadir Eraslan made a huge save. Abdulkadir Eraslan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 21st minute of play. In the 24th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdulkadir Eraslan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ronaldo Fenomeno took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Day. Marco Day dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. With a little luck, Miau Stars's Abdulkadir Eraslan got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldo Fenomeno in the 33rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdulkadir Eraslan was out of position in the 35 minute of play, and Cassius Byrne capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cassius Byrne really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ronaldo Fenomeno in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Miau Stars's Abdulkadir Eraslan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of play. 46 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Abdulkadir Eraslan. Monty Rogers showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

51 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Abdulkadir Eraslan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Abdulkadir Eraslan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 55th minute of the match. Miau Stars's Abdulkadir Eraslan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 57th minute of play forced Miau Stars's goalkeeper Abdulkadir Eraslan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdulkadir Eraslan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdulkadir Eraslan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 61st minute of the match. Abdulkadir Eraslan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 63rd minute of the match. The supporters of USA booed when Miau Stars was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Palmer Akers didn't get a good kick on the ball. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. In the 67th minute, Palmer Akers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Miau Stars's goalie and right to Jacob May. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Miau Stars's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Sam Campbell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdulkadir Eraslan having to interfere. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldo Fenomeno in the 76th minute of the match. Abdulkadir Eraslan 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 78th minute. When USA's Monty Rogers in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Miau Stars's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 83rd minute of play forced Miau Stars's goalkeeper Abdulkadir Eraslan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdulkadir Eraslan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sam Campbell went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. In the 91st minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdulkadir Eraslan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdulkadir Eraslan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 94th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Miau Stars's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Abdulkadir Eraslan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There was no doubt that USA were the better team. USA's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.