Challenge

Stadionul Municipal
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gheorghe Taşcău made the kick off which started today's match. Liviu Cristocea hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Ionică Lucescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. 7 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. King Junior was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 9 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Diego Bradley. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gheorghe Taşcău got free with Marco Day in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gheorghe Taşcău in the 13th minute of the match. Edward Mcdonald might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over King Junior. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Mcdonald ran back to his position shaking his head. Kobra TEAM's King Junior played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 20th minute of play. Gheorghe Taşcău blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gheorghe Taşcău in the 23rd minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, Kobra TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but King Junior reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. King Junior made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 27th minute of play. In the 32nd match minute, Kobra TEAM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aristides Paiva to maneuver through the defense. Cassius Byrne took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 33rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for King Junior. Kobra TEAM's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 36th minute of the match, Gheorghe Taşcău tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marco Day saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kobra TEAM's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. Gheorghe Taşcău hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 39th minute of the match, Cassius Byrne sent away a good long shot that could have become a goal, but King Junior showed an example of his skillful tending and made the save just under the crossbar. Kobra TEAM's Ionică Lucescu got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 51st minute of play forced Kobra TEAM's goalkeeper King Junior to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. King Junior showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 53rd minute of the match. Edward Mcdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but King Junior made a huge save. A collision led to Kobra TEAM getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Amauri Lopes hit a great ball. 61 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. King Junior was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 64th minute, Amauri Lopes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th 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. 0-3. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. In the 87th minute, Khalid Parry made a precise shot to the right of King Junior. Kobra TEAM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gheorghe Taşcău, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, Kobra TEAM's goalkeeper King Junior had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. Gheorghe Taşcău sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. King Junior made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Kobra TEAM throughout the match.