Challenge

ZORZAL01
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Peter Crouch started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marco Day. Marco Day yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. USA's Cassius Byrne was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Qin Fan Sheng in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Qin Fan Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 13th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jenson Smith in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Qin Fan Sheng saved ZORZAL01 from getting behind. Raphael Moore made in the 22nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Cassius Byrne immediately put the ball in play. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. In the 36th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qin Fan Sheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Qin Fan Sheng. ZORZAL01's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 39th minute of play forced ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qin Fan Sheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Peter Crouch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. Cassius Byrne who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 55thth minute tested the skills of Qin Fan Sheng when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Qin Fan Sheng 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 56th minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Crouch in the 64th minute of the match. Pavel Nedvěd fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Qin Fan Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 70th minute of the match. After some careless play in the USA defense, Peter Crouch kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. 75 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. After 83 minutes of play, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 92 played minutes ZORZAL01 got a freekick which was hit by Ejner Neinvig. The ZORZAL01 support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.