Challenge

Colosseum
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Konstantin Butylin took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Butylin in the 15th minute of the match. Monty Rogers scored 0-1 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gustaf Albohm, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The throw-in from Diego Bradley in the 20th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gladiator FC's Simos Seretis. In the 20th minute, Konstantin Butylin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gladiator FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 36 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gustaf Albohm. Gladiator FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cassius Byrne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Gladiator FC's Luisão Tepedino was substituted for Michael-Elvis Flumian. Luisão Tepedino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 48 minutes, Marco Day successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cassius Byrne made a kick off. In the 52nd minute Carlo Taranto 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. Gustaf Albohm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 55th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maxi Kon during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Gladiator FC's Maxi Kon got a free kick in the 57th minute. Gustaf Albohm made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 59th minute. 60 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Luisão Tepedino came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gustaf Albohm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 64th minute of play. Gustaf Albohm 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 67th minute, Monty Rogers reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gustaf Albohm. The goal made the score 1-3. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Gustaf Albohm didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. 81 minutes into the match, Gladiator FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Gustaf Albohm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd match minute, Gladiator FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simos Seretis to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Sam Campbell kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gustaf Albohm. That made the score 1-6 in the 83 minute of play. Gustaf Albohm took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gustaf Albohm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Baker in the 86th minute of the match. Gustaf Albohm made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisão Tepedino in the 94th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Gladiator FC throughout the match.