Challenge

六尺巷
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ed Delamore made the kick off and thus started the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cassius Byrne in the 2nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 胡远夕 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in 安徽天柱俱乐部队's zone, Monty Rogers stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 胡远夕 came out of the goal and Monty Rogers tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Ed Delamore sent off a good shot on target. 10 minutes into the match, 安徽天柱俱乐部队's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but 胡远夕 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in 安徽天柱俱乐部队's zone, Edward Mcdonald stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 胡远夕 came out of the goal and Edward Mcdonald tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 胡远夕 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 20th minute. 胡远夕 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 24th minute. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's 胡远夕 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 26th minute of play. 邱义庭 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute of play forced 安徽天柱俱乐部队's goalkeeper 胡远夕 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. A well done corner resulted in Edward Mcdonald drilling the ball in to score 0-1 behind 安徽天柱俱乐部队's goalkeeper. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of 安徽天柱俱乐部队 booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raphael Moore didn't get a good kick on the ball. 胡远夕 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 46th minute of the match USA got a corner. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

安徽天柱俱乐部队 made a substitution. 何岚岚 replaced 庞适志. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes of play, 安徽天柱俱乐部队's 汪鹏洲 made it 1-1 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! Ed Delamore received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg 胡远夕 managed to avoid a goal in the 60thth minute, when USA's Cassius Byrne fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 65th minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of 胡远夕. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. After some careless play in the 安徽天柱俱乐部队 defense, Monty Rogers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 胡远夕. The 安徽天柱俱乐部队 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 胡远夕 should have stopped the shot. A hard shot 72 in the game by Sam Campbell from a close distance when the talented 胡远夕 managed to make a qualified save. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's players were relieved. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's 胡远夕 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save 安徽天柱俱乐部队 from getting a goal against them. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by 安徽天柱俱乐部队's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Monty Rogers was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The corner led USA's Jenson Smith to a score. 1-4 in the 77th minute. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ed Delamore went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. 85 minutes into the match, 安徽天柱俱乐部队's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Baker came free, but 胡远夕 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute USA were awarded a corner. Jenson Smith went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 90th minute, Sam Campbell 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 93rd minute of play forced 安徽天柱俱乐部队's goalkeeper 胡远夕 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 邱义庭, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than 安徽天柱俱乐部队.