Challenge

Phoenix Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lopez Arrillaga got free with Marco Day in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Phoenix Fireball SE's Tanek Nakoneczny played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 6th minute of play. In the 8thth minute of the game Lopez Arrillaga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 9th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tanek Nakoneczny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the USA defense, Lopez Arrillaga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. Phoenix Fireball SE's Tanek Nakoneczny played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 21st minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lopez Arrillaga in the 22nd minute of play. Tanek Nakoneczny showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute Jenson Smith shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tanek Nakoneczny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tanek Nakoneczny came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Monty Rogers. But to his dismay, Monty Rogers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Tanek Nakoneczny made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacob May in the 36th minute of play. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lopez Arrillaga in the 38th minute of play. After 39 minutes of play, Phoenix Fireball SE's Lopez Arrillaga made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 43rd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Bradley to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Lopez Arrillaga made the kick off in the second half. Tanek Nakoneczny was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Monty Rogers showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 52 minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Tanek Nakoneczny in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Phoenix Fireball SE's Gábor Takács was substituted for Kornél Ács. Phoenix Fireball SE made a substitution. Sándor Toldi replaced Sixten Trillkott. The throw-in from Jenson Smith in the 58th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Phoenix Fireball SE's Jiang De Yi. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernát Szuper in the 59th minute of the match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sándor Toldi, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metin Keçeci in the 63rd 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 Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernát Szuper in the 63rd minute of play. Monty Rogers struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Tanek Nakoneczny didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Tanek Nakoneczny in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernát Szuper in the 72nd minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernát Szuper, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bernát Szuper went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. After some careless play in the Phoenix Fireball SE defense, Khalid Parry kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tanek Nakoneczny. The Phoenix Fireball SE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tanek Nakoneczny should have stopped the shot. Phoenix Fireball SE's Tanek Nakoneczny played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jenson Smith in the 86th minute of play. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernát Szuper, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Sándor Toldi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Phoenix Fireball SE's Tanek Nakoneczny proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Phoenix Fireball SE from getting a goal against them. Tanek Nakoneczny made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Marco Baker sent off a good shot on target. Despite being the better team, USA failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.