Challenge

Jamestown Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Taylor Wiley got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes, Roberto Gorman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jacksonville FC and the Switzerland players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Switzerland booed when Jacksonville FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roberto Gorman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nikolas Papadamous showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo von Känel, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaël Gault in the 19th minute of play. Gaël Gault fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hias Nüssli having to interfere. 27 minutes into the match, Jacksonville FC's goal looked a bit too open when Samuele Kunz came free, but Nikolas Papadamous reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Zé Roberto Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hias Nüssli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 38 minutes, Zé Roberto Costa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jacksonville FC and the Switzerland players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 39th minute, Zé Roberto Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute, Samuele Kunz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Samuele Kunz was the one to do the kick off. Gaël Gault struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Hias Nüssli didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Jacksonville FC. In the 55th match minute, Jacksonville FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zé Roberto Costa to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacinto Maurer in the 60th minute of play forced Jacksonville FC's goalkeeper Nikolas Papadamous to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuele Kunz's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 62ndth minute, Nikolas Papadamous skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Nikolas Papadamous took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samuele Kunz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Samuele Kunz got free with Nikolas Papadamous in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Jacksonville FC's Zé Roberto Costa got a free kick in the 71st minute. Hias Nüssli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taylor Wiley, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The supporters of Jacksonville FC booed when Switzerland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gustav Iseli didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Switzerland's Oskar Scheller got a free kick in the 80th minute. Jacksonville FC's Ray King was substituted for Zé Pedro Matos. Oskar Scheller hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute, Samuele Kunz made a precise shot to the right of Nikolas Papadamous. Jacksonville FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 87th match minute, Jacksonville FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zé Roberto Costa to maneuver through the defense. 88 minutes into the match, Jacksonville FC's goal looked a bit too open when Samuele Kunz came free, but Nikolas Papadamous reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Samuele Kunz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute, Jacinto Maurer 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. After having played for 96 minutes, Samuele Kunz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Switzerland's supporters crossed their fingers, but Samuele Kunz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Switzerland were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.