Challenge

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute 余旭志 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 9 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 傅亮战, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 巩城博 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 audience thought a goal was coming when 余旭志 got free with Marco Day in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. 曲剑泉 hit a great ball. 巩城博 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, 蒋泉荣 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marco Day. The goal made the score 1-0. 余旭志 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. In the 26th minute, 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's 余旭志 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marco Day. Marco Day yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In the 29th minute Jacob May shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 巩城博 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 傅亮战 in the 31st minute. 巩城博 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 35 minutes into the match, 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but 巩城博 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC'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. Marco Day was out of position in the 41 minute of play, and 余旭志 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 余旭志 really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. 45 minutes into the match, 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but 巩城博 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for 傅亮战 to strike the kick off in the second half. Casimiro Tartalo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 50th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 蒋泉荣 in the 58th minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Casimiro Tartalo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC were awarded a corner. 傅亮战 went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in 傅亮战 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. Edward Mcdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but 巩城博 made a huge save. Casimiro Tartalo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. 巩城博 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 傅亮战 went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. In the 86th minute Casimiro Tartalo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 傅亮战's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. 巩城博 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jenson Smith, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jacob May struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. 巩城博 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. 巩城博 made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. Sam Campbell had several of the 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 93 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-2 score and a disappointed 巩城博 as he didn't even see the shot coming. Many of USA's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. USA may have spent more time on the ball, but 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.