Challenge

Stadion Juliszew
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. Lucjan Szkarpiak started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Juliszew SSA booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raphael Moore didn't get a good kick on the ball. Juliszew SSA's Lucjan Szkarpiak got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee felt a red card was in order, 15 minutes into the game, when Piotr Ziombkowski put in a rough tackle. In the 14th minute, one of Juliszew SSA: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 Juliszew SSA. A collision led to Juliszew SSA getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Alessio Giolo hit a great ball. 20 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Zhuo Xuan Yu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 27th minute, Edward Mcdonald made a precise shot to the right of Zhuo Xuan Yu. Juliszew SSA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. The supporters of USA booed when Juliszew SSA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucjan Szkarpiak didn't get a good kick on the ball. 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 33rd minute. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 44th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhuo Xuan Yu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juliszew SSA's Zhuo Xuan Yu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 46th minute of play. Zhuo Xuan Yu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cassius Byrne was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Raphael Moore hit a great ball. Juliszew SSA's Oto Mur was substituted for Lucjan Szkarpiak. Zhuo Xuan Yu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 65th 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. 0-4. Juliszew SSA's Zula Falke was substituted for Alessio Giolo. Zhuo Xuan Yu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 69th minute. After some careless play in the Juliszew SSA defense, Cassius Byrne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zhuo Xuan Yu. The Juliszew SSA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zhuo Xuan Yu should have stopped the shot. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Zhuo Xuan Yu came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Sam Campbell. But to his dismay, Sam Campbell quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oto Mur in the 79th minute of play. Zhuo Xuan Yu 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 80th minute. Sam Campbell made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 82ndth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Zhuo Xuan Yu would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Juliszew SSA'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. The corner led USA's Jenson Smith to fire away a dangerous shot which Zhuo Xuan Yu despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After some careless play in the USA defense, Oto Mur 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. In the 89th minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhuo Xuan Yu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhuo Xuan Yu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sam Campbell, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Khalid Parry kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zhuo Xuan Yu. That made the score 1-7 in the 91 minute of play. Zhuo Xuan Yu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Khalid Parry went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-8 was the resulting score. The Juliszew SSA fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.