Challenge

Ängen Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th minute of the match Annedal 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. Luis Bladi ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Annedal FC's corner Luis Bladi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. Christer Olsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 7th minute of play. Annedal FC's Christer Olsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 12th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Annedal FC's Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 14 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luis Bladi, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Luis Bladi might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luis Bladi ran back to his position shaking his head. Christer Olsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. 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 17th minute. The corner ended in Jacob May almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Annedal FC's Christer Olsson did a great save. Christer Olsson 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 22nd minute. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Luis Bladi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Luis Bladi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luis Bladi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Edward Mcdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Christer Olsson made a huge save. After having played for 58 minutes, Monty Rogers managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Monty Rogers was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Christer Olsson made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Christer Olsson was out of position in the 67 minute of play, and Cassius Byrne capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cassius Byrne really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Christer Olsson in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Christer Olsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jenson Smith, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 79th minute, Sam Campbell made a precise shot to the right of Christer Olsson. Annedal FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. In the 84th minute Luis Bladi 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Bladi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute Annedal FC were awarded a corner. Luis Bladi went to the cornerflag to take it. Luis Bladi took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Day. Marco Day dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After 94 played minutes Zach Harrison shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Annedal FC's Christer Olsson to catch but Zach Harrison was lucky. It became 1-3 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Annedal FC.