Challenge

Arena Pomerode
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Andy Cole started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Floresta Negra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Egun Pais reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 4 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Egun Pais was left in no man's land by his defense there! USA's Monty Rogers managed to work through Floresta Negra FC's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Monty Rogers dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. A collision led to Floresta Negra FC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Gernando Rocha hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 31st minute of play forced Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper Egun Pais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Egun Pais took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Andy Cole tried to sneak it across the goal line. Egun Pais showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 38th minute of the match. Jenson Smith sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Floresta Negra FC's Egun Pais played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Floresta Negra FC's Alto Muro got a free kick in the 45th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 46th minute of play forced Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper Egun Pais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Monty Rogers scored 0-3 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Egun Pais, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, USA's Koby Fletcher got a free kick in the 53rd minute. In the 55th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Egun Pais was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Floresta Negra FC's Alexsandro Mandrak was substituted for Hector Bazkoare. Floresta Negra FC made a substitution. Jardel Lewandowski replaced Andy Cole. In the 62nd minute Jerzy Zjawin 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. When the match had been going on for 69 minutes Lokon Pøhl shot a great shot from long distance. It looked like a certain goal, but the audience witnessed a really smashing save by Marco Day when he caught the ball only just under the crossbar. Carlos Fernando Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lokon Pøhl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 75th minute of the match Floresta Negra FC got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lokon Pøhl ran over to the corner to take the kick. Floresta Negra FC's Egun Pais played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute of the match USA got a corner. Floresta Negra FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Monty Rogers ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Zach Harrison got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Egun Pais quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 82 minutes into the match, Lokon Pøhl had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lokon Pøhl was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Sam Campbell's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Egun Pais firmly grabbed it by the left post. USA's Khalid Parry was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 93rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. 95 minutes into the match, Khalid Parry had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Egun Pais. Floresta Negra FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Khalid Parry was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Floresta Negra FC throughout the match.