Challenge

!!EL COLISEO!!
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Korkut Urza started the match with the kick off. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enrique Mariano Kiradzhiyski in the 2nd minute of play. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrique Mariano Kiradzhiyski in the 5th minute of the match. Korkut Urza who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 11thth minute tested the skills of Marco Day when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Korkut Urza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Korkut Urza tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marco Day was a little too slow when Korkut Urza got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 14th minute. The score was now 1-0. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Korkut Urza sent off a good shot on target. In the 21st minute of the game Jacob May made a throw-in which Cassius Byrne played forward. Korkut Urza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Korkut Urza got free with Marco Day in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 26 minutes into the match, Edward Mcdonald notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of KPO BIZARRO's Candido Mercurio. Candido Mercurio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Korkut Urza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. 39 minutes into the match, KPO BIZARRO's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Candido Mercurio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Candido Mercurio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Monty Rogers in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Candido Mercurio saved KPO BIZARRO from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 47th minute of play forced KPO BIZARRO's goalkeeper Candido Mercurio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. Leif Levander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Candido Mercurio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 53rd minute. In the 55th minute of the match USA got a corner. KPO BIZARRO'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. Jacob May was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Korkut Urza in the 58th 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 Korkut Urza in the 59th minute of play. KPO BIZARRO's Candido Mercurio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save KPO BIZARRO from getting a goal against them. After 62 minutes KPO BIZARRO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cassius Byrne who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Jacob May managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. KPO BIZARRO's Eloy Ospin was substituted for Korkut Urza. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. KPO BIZARRO's Qiao Feng Ling was substituted for Tao Ao Xing. Arif Cengiz Egin hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qiao Feng Ling in the 73rd minute of play. Fabian Brown's late challenge caught a KPO BIZARRO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabian Brown helped the player get up and apologised. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. In the 76th minute, one of USA:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for USA. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enrique Mariano Kiradzhiyski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the match, KPO BIZARRO's Eloy Ospin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, USA's Fabian Brown got a free kick in the 91st minute. KPO BIZARRO's Enrique Mariano Kiradzhiyski got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 96th match minute, KPO BIZARRO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arif Cengiz Egin to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew the final whistle, KPO BIZARRO could leave the field as winners, despite USA having more of the ball for most of the match.