Challenge

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Nikolay Dudevski sent off a good shot on target. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Nikolay Dudevski sent off a good shot on target. Vasco Goycochea 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 15th minute. 18 minutes into the match, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Vasco Goycochea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nikolay Dudevski got free with Marco Day in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 21st minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vasco Goycochea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Taco Van Der Hoorn might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Taco Van Der Hoorn ran back to his position shaking his head. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taco Van Der Hoorn in the 25th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 26th minute of play forced ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goalkeeper Vasco Goycochea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 29 played minutes ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ got a freekick which was hit by Oliverios Gayangos. Vasco Goycochea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 33rd minute of the match. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Vasco Goycochea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 35th minute of play. Vasco Goycochea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 39th minute of the match. Vasco Goycochea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 40th minute of play. After 44 minutes, Fabian Brown mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the USA and the ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ players grew even worse after the yellow card. 43 minutes into the game, one of USA:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Taco Van Der Hoorn scored 1-0 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Day, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Boniel Sovera hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Taco Van Der Hoorn to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vasco Goycochea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Izydor Ogrodowicz got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 59th minute, Taco Van Der Hoorn hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vasco Goycochea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 60th minute of the match. Vasco Goycochea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 60th minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Taco Van Der Hoorn came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ made a substitution. Du Le Jun replaced Kauan Mandrak. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. After 77 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Diego Bradley. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Enrique Domingues in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Enrique Domingues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oliverios Gayangos in the 84th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 84th minute, Oliverios Gayangos made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikolay Dudevski in the 90th minute of play. The ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.