Challenge

EiT Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Christian Zangari showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 2nd minute of the match. 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 3rd minute. Cassius Byrne made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Fc Śrem Team's Christian Zangari managed to reach the ball for a save. Christian Zangari made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Zangari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Christian Zangari made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 9th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Fc Śrem Team's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Christian Zangari reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachariasz Maziarz, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Zachariasz Maziarz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Christian Zangari made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 34th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Edward Mcdonald notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Fc Śrem Team's Christian Zangari. Christian Zangari was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Christian Zangari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Fc Śrem Team's Przemyslaw Mios got a free kick in the 45th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Wincent Juszkowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Fc Śrem Team's Zachariasz Maziarz in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. Christian Zangari made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 55th minute of play. USA were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after Fc Śrem Team's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. Christian Zangari didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Mcdonald went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zachariasz Maziarz in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute, Edward Mcdonald got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Fc Śrem Team's Wasyl Malik was substituted for Zachariasz Maziarz. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Sam Campbell took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Christian Zangari. Christian Zangari dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wasyl Malik in the 73rd minute of play. USA's Edward Mcdonald got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Christian Zangari made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 75th minute of play. When Wincent Juszkowski came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Fc Śrem Team fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wincent Juszkowski couldn't finish the play. In the 83rd match minute, Fc Śrem Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejandro Magno to maneuver through the defense. 85 minutes into the match, Fc Śrem Team's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but Christian Zangari reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 89th minute of play forced Fc Śrem Team's goalkeeper Christian Zangari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Christian Zangari made a huge save. Diego Bradley got a throw-in 92 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Khalid Parry. USA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.