Challenge

Blizne Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hardy Skallergård in the 4th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the game, Hardy Skallergård was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. KS Blizne's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave USA the free kick. In the 14th minute Tymoteusz Domaracki 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. KS Blizne's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Benedykt Chwalkiewicz in the 15th minute. 18 minutes into the match, KS Blizne's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Edgar Gregorczyk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, KS Blizne's Hardy Skallergård sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Benedykt Chwalkiewicz was slow to take the kick. During this time KS Blizne's players had a chance to rest. At last the ball reached Aureliusz Dlugi at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of USA. 1-0. 26 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Aureliusz Dlugi came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31stth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KS Blizne's Edgar Gregorczyk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Cyryl Dziurowicz sent off a good shot on target. Cyryl Dziurowicz struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Marco Day didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for KS Blizne. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aureliusz Dlugi made a kick off. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyryl Dziurowicz in the 51st minute of the match. In the 52nd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Koby Fletcher to maneuver through the defense. Benedykt Chwalkiewicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. KS Blizne's Hardy Skallergård got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aureliusz Dlugi struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Marco Day didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for KS Blizne. Edgar Gregorczyk made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hardy Skallergård in the 69th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 71 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Benedykt Chwalkiewicz who took care of the corner kick. KS Blizne's Piotr Filipkowski was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marco Day in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 73rd minute KS Blizne were awarded a corner. Benedykt Chwalkiewicz went to the cornerflag to take it. Cyryl Dziurowicz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. In the 82nd minute, Khalid Parry fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Edgar Gregorczyk, passed just outside the right post. USA's Sam Campbell got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 88th minute, USA's Khalid Parry ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Edgar Gregorczyk. Edgar Gregorczyk yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. After 92 minutes of play, USA's Khalid Parry made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edgar Gregorczyk was left in no man's land by his defense there! KS Blizne succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though USA had controlled the match.