Challenge

Íbero de Sagunto
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arif Memduh Akova saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute, Cassius Byrne ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arif Memduh Akova was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Filip Kubala received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marco Day came out and tried to block the shot, but Filip Kubala slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 13th minute. Arif Memduh Akova showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Arif Memduh Akova 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 21st minute. 21 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when USA's Monty Rogers fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Arif Memduh Akova showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 23rd minute of the match. Hispania's Eriberto Pedriza got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Arif Memduh Akova took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cassius Byrne recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 31 minutes of play, USA's Cassius Byrne made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arif Memduh Akova was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eriberto Pedriza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arif Memduh Akova made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 39th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Hispania's Kaya Ulucay was substituted for Osman Čiček. Arif Memduh Akova showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 55th minute of the match. After 56 minutes of play, Hispania's Filip Kubala made it 2-2 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! Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filip Kubala's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lei Qian Peng was slow to take the kick. During this time Hispania's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Gil Pais got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 61 minutes into the match, Gil Pais notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 66 minutes in the game Diego Bradley did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Monty Rogers. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Arif Memduh Akova in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arif Memduh Akova was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sam Campbell showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-3 in the 78 minute of play. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Filip Kubala in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Arif Memduh Akova in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as USA's Sam Campbell slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Arif Memduh Akova. That made the score 3-4 after 85 minutes of play. Khalid Parry struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Arif Memduh Akova didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. After 90 played minutes Hispania got a freekick which was hit by Lei Qian Peng. 92 minutes into the match, Hispania's goalkeeper Arif Memduh Akova had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Kubala in the 94th minute of the match. In the 96th minute, Hispania's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sam Campbell fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Hispania throughout the match.