Challenge

Stadion Bociany
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, 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 4th minute, when Anselmo Ganix sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lech Sroka during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Bociany SA's Lech Sroka got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 8th 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. Genzo Wakabayashi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Genzo Wakabayashi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bektaş Veli Bengisoy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. With an all-out effort, Bociany SA's Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 29 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bektaş Veli Bengisoy, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Genzo Wakabayashi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anselmo Ganix got free with Marco Day in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Marco Day managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Bociany SA's Bektaş Veli Bengisoy fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of USA booed when Bociany SA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radomir Buczko didn't get a good kick on the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Bociany SA's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Genzo Wakabayashi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute, Raphael Moore hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bektaş Veli Bengisoy made a kick off. Adam Harendarski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anselmo Ganix in the 53rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bektaş Veli Bengisoy in the 54th minute of the match. 58 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Genzo Wakabayashi. Bociany SA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cassius Byrne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bektaş Veli Bengisoy in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 65thth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bociany SA's Genzo Wakabayashi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Bociany SA's Genzo Wakabayashi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Bociany SA from getting a goal against them. 73 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Genzo Wakabayashi, 0-3. The supporters of Bociany SA booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Koby Fletcher didn't get a good kick on the ball. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. Koby Fletcher hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 77th minute Anselmo Ganix 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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bektaş Veli Bengisoy in the 78th minute of play. The corner ended in Adam Harendarski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. Genzo Wakabayashi was a little too slow when Khalid Parry got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 82nd minute. The score was now 0-4. Genzo Wakabayashi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sam Campbell's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. USA's Khalid Parry got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 92 minutes into the match, Bociany SA's goalkeeper Genzo Wakabayashi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Bociany SA throughout the match.