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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, 【AC】Black Dragon-City's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but 雷烨霆 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, 【AC】Black Dragon-City's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but 雷烨霆 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 汪浩邦 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Raphael Moore kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Cassius Byrne left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 28 minutes of play, 【AC】Black Dragon-City's 汪浩邦 made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! 【AC】Black Dragon-City's 雷烨霆 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 32nd minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 雷烨霆. 【AC】Black Dragon-City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cassius Byrne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by 鲁林悦 in the 38th minute. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when 汪浩邦 tried to sneak it across the goal line. 龚震泉 kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. 47 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when 汪浩邦 came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half USA were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 汪浩邦 to make the kick off. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Raphael Moore hit a great ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 汪浩邦, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 59th minute 鲁林悦 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Cassius Byrne managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Cassius Byrne was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 雷烨霆 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 雷烨霆 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 汪浩邦's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Cassius Byrnes short, quick shot in the 67thth minute got 雷烨霆 to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 68th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 雷烨霆 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute of the match, Monty Rogers tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but 雷烨霆 saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a rather tough play, 【AC】Black Dragon-City's 龚震泉 got a free kick in the 76th minute. 【AC】Black Dragon-City's 范军希 was substituted for 汪浩邦. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. After 80 played minutes 【AC】Black Dragon-City got a freekick which was hit by 乔银飞. After 85 minutes of play, USA's Khalid Parry made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 雷烨霆 was left in no man's land by his defense there! 88 minutes into the game, one of 【AC】Black Dragon-City:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 雷烨霆 had in the 90thth minute some difficulties stopping Jenson Smith's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his right side, but he still managed to hold the ball 雷烨霆 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jenson Smith went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. 雷烨霆 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 97th minute of the match. 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.