Challenge

Marakana
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Waldemar Pawlik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 5th minute of play. After 13 minutes Chelmza Team's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cassius Byrne who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Cassius Byrne almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Chelmza Team's Waldemar Pawlik did a great save. In the 14th minute, Jenson Smith hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Lu Yuan Yin tried to sneak it across the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Chelmza Team's Waldemar Pawlik. Waldemar Pawlik was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 19 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Waldemar Pawlik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Waldemar Pawlik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 21st minute of the match. In the 22nd minute Zikri Eygül shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Zikri Eygül 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. In the 39th minute, Lu Yuan Yin 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stathis Giannopoulos during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 43rd minute, Stathis Giannopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lu Yuan Yin to strike the kick off in the second half. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zikri Eygül in the 51st minute of play. Chelmza Team's Waldemar Pawlik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 56th minute of play. In the 63rd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Waldemar Pawlik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lu Yuan Yin in the 75th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. After 77 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Raphael Moore. 83 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goalkeeper Waldemar Pawlik had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. Waldemar Pawlik didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when USA's Khalid Parry shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lu Yuan Yin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zhou Yan Feng hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. 89 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Lu Yuan Yin came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.