Challenge

Стадион Вежен
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dylan Van Bever got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Van Halen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 5th minute of play forced Вежен's goalkeeper Van Halen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Dylan Van Bever could shoot a difficult shot in the 7th minute, which Marco Day however easily saved by the left post. 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 9th minute. The corner ended in Jenson Smith almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Вежен's Van Halen did a great save. In the 10th minute of the match USA got a corner. Вежен'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. The corner led to USA's Jacob May getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Through an outstanding action, after 12 minutes, Marco Day successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dylan Van Bever got free with Marco Day in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dylan Van Bever during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Вежен getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Dylan Van Bever hit a great ball. Van Halen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute of the match USA got a corner. Вежен'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. After a rather tough play, USA's Raphael Moore got a free kick in the 19th minute. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Presiyan Temkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Вежен were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Martyn Efremov took the corner. Hermínio Peres was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. When Вежен's Dylan Van Bever in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Dylan Van Bever tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Вежен getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Ulvi Güveneroğlu hit a great ball. 45 minutes into the match, Вежен's Dylan Van Bever sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cassius Byrne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jenson Smith in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Van Halen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 56 minutes into the game, Jenson Smith cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Van Halen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 63 minutes into the match, Вежен's goalkeeper Van Halen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dylan Van Bever in the 70th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Van Halen made a huge save. Van Halen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 75th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dylan Van Bever in the 79th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Вежен's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Van Halen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dylan Van Bever in the 83rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Van Halen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Van Halen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. A collision led to Вежен getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Elin Kechedzhiev hit a great ball. 93 minutes into the match, Вежен's goalkeeper Van Halen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. The Вежен fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.