Challenge

Rockaway Park
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Amund Villarreal took the kick off in the first half of the match. 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 7th minute. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Six Pac FC's goalkeeper Wang Peng Zhi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 11 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Wang Peng Zhi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Wang Peng Zhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 27th minute of play forced Six Pac FC's goalkeeper Wang Peng Zhi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Amund Villarreal notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Janne Krut's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Janne Krut helped the player get up and apologised. Wang Peng Zhi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Baker in the 33rd minute of play. 37 minutes into the game, Six Pac FC's Ronaldo Fenomeno nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Day made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Marco Day was out of position in the 44 minute of play, and Ronaldo Fenomeno capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ronaldo Fenomeno really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Six Pac FC made a substitution. Leif Messi replaced Ronaldo Fenomeno. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marco Baker stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 59 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Amund Villarreal came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Baker took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wang Peng Zhi. Wang Peng Zhi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Raphael Moore made in the 66th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Jacob May immediately put the ball in play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jacob May got free with Wang Peng Zhi in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 71st minute Marco Baker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wang Peng Zhi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Six Pac FC's goalkeeper Wang Peng Zhi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Mcdonald. In the 75th minute, Amund Villarreal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Six Pac FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. Wang Peng Zhi made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Monty Rogers sent off a good shot on target. Six Pac FC's attentive Fabiano Mauro managed to snatch the ball when Jacob May made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. Edward Mcdonald blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Wang Peng Zhi having to make a save. Six Pac FC's Wang Peng Zhi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 87th minute of play. Wang Peng Zhi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Baker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Mcdonald got free with Wang Peng Zhi in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 97 minutes into the match, Amund Villarreal notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the referee blew the final whistle, Six Pac FC could leave the field as winners, despite USA having more of the ball for most of the match.