Challenge

ANAHEIM CENTER
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Eric Leadbeater hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Samuele Kunz 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. A sloppy throw-in by Wally Scorfield in the 16th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Switzerland's Jacinto Maurer. In the 19th minute, Samuele Kunz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Switzerland fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. If Jacinto Maurer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 26 minutes into the match, Switzerland's goal looked a bit too open when Dom Kyle came free, but Hias Nüssli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Eric Leadbeater managed to get in a good position for a shot. ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ's supporters rose to their feet, but Eric Leadbeater was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hias Nüssli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ's Dom Kyle got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 41 minutes into the match, Eric Leadbeater notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Switzerland's Hias Nüssli. Hias Nüssli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Switzerland from getting a goal against them. Eric Leadbeater received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hias Nüssli came out and tried to block the shot, but Eric Leadbeater slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 47th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Hias Nüssli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dom Kyle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 56 minutes into the match, ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ's goalkeeper Jason Lobb had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jacinto Maurer. In the 60th minute, Jacinto Maurer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hias Nüssli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eric Leadbeater in the 62nd minute of the match. Hias Nüssli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Leadbeater, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Hias Nüssli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dom Kyle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Leadbeater in the 70th minute of play. Rodrigo von Känel kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ's goal looked a bit too open when Jacinto Maurer came free, but Jason Lobb reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Vincent Dry fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ's protests and gave Vincent Dry a yellow card for diving instead. After 83 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ! When the match had been going on for 84 minutes, Switzerland's Samuele Kunz got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Jason Lobb. If Jacinto Maurer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 90th minute, Samuele Kunz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eric Leadbeater fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 99th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hias Nüssli having to interfere. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.