Challenge

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Benny Hill made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 4th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joaquin Lekubegi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benny Hill in the 12th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day 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 Benny Hill, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benny Van der Poorten fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Benny Van der Poorten might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Benny Van der Poorten ran back to his position shaking his head. 28 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Jerome Ngake reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jerome Ngake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 31st minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Benny Hill hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 35th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerome Ngake saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benny Hill, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 42nd minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 50th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 52 minutes of play, USA's Cassius Byrne made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jerome Ngake was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 54 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Zach Harrison. In the 56th minute FC Draconia were awarded a corner. Benny Hill went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 59th minute, Cassius Byrne made a precise shot to the right of Jerome Ngake. FC Draconia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. FC Draconia's Jerome Ngake played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 63rd minute of play. In the 63rd minute, USA's Monty Rogers dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. In the 65th match minute, FC Draconia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Harald Sulems to maneuver through the defense. FC Draconia made a substitution. Gregoire Decorte replaced Joaquin Lekubegi. A collision led to FC Draconia getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Harald Sulems hit a great ball. FC Draconia's Jerome Ngake played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 68th minute of play. Denis Serebryanikov kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Jerome Ngake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jerome Ngake made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. Benny Hill sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Draconia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jenson Smith was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. Jerome Ngake didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Khalid Parry went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Draconia's Gregoire Decorte. But to his dismay, Gregoire Decorte quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. The FC Draconia supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching USA's performance. The match ended with a win for USA.