Challenge

Sun Li Ming
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 3rd minute of play forced White Raven FC.'s goalkeeper Fülöp Marton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fülöp Marton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Cambranes in the 8th minute of play. Fülöp Marton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hipolito Cambranes took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Day. Marco Day dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Cambranes in the 18th minute of play. After 19 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Urbano Jerano who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Urbano Jerano got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Cambranes in the 22nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Edward Mcdonald's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fülöp Marton was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Hipolito Cambranes had several of the USA's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 25 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Marco Day as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 33rd minute, Hipolito Cambranes 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. 36 minutes into the match, Hipolito Cambranes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marco Day, 3-0. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 47th minute, Higinio Baraquiel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hipolito Cambranes made a kick off. After a rather tough play, USA's Raphael Moore got a free kick in the 51st minute. Hipolito Cambranes might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hipolito Cambranes ran back to his position shaking his head. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hipolito Cambranes in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rd minute, Urbano Jerano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 54th minute, He Wei Zhi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 55th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fülöp Marton was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. In the 60th minute, Cassius Byrne reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fülöp Marton. The goal made the score 3-2. Raphael Moore charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Raphael Moore the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. White Raven FC. made a substitution. Witalis Treppa replaced Boris Specht. White Raven FC.'s Tamás Ludas was substituted for Cido Perez. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Raphael Moore hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paris Amsterdam in the 73rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. White Raven FC.'s Fülöp Marton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 76th minute of play. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paris Amsterdam's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. White Raven FC.'s attentive Paris Amsterdam managed to snatch the ball when Jacob May made a throw-in in the 85th minute of the game. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Witalis Treppa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. White Raven FC.:s Fülöp Marton showed great skill when he stopped Jenson Smith:s penalty. A collision led to White Raven FC. getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Witalis Treppa hit a great ball. USA were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after White Raven FC.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jenson Smith took the corner. The corner led USA's Diego Bradley to fire away a dangerous shot which Fülöp Marton despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in White Raven FC.'s zone, Khalid Parry stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fülöp Marton came out of the goal and Khalid Parry tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. USA's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because White Raven FC. had won, even though USA had held more of the ball.