Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Juan Edur made the kick off which started today's match. With an all-out effort, USA's Eddy Luirink threw himself towards the right post 5 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Monty Rogers, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Marc Bouman got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eddy Luirink 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 11th minute. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Marc Bouman got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Gustaw Fudalej had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Eddy Luirink in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 20 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Eddy Luirink reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 27th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eddy Luirink made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 27th minute of play. Marc Bouman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 32nd minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marc Bouman, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Eddy Luirink made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 38th minute of play. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 苏皓强, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 42nd minute, Fabian Brown hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juan Edur hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. 44 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when 苏皓强 came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of USA booed when ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dumitru Stratulat didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eddy Luirink made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 53rd minute of play. Eddy Luirink took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jenson Smith, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 苏皓强 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Edward Mcdonald received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Eddy Luirink tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 64th minute, Marc Bouman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Juan Edur's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 67th minute of play. Eddy Luirink 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 71st minute. 73 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Eddy Luirink reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Marek Markowski was substituted for Juan Edur. After a defensive mix-up in ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's zone, Sam Campbell stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eddy Luirink came out of the goal and Sam Campbell tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Marek Markowski got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 苏皓强 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. If Gustaw Fudalej had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marek Markowski in the 89th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Marek Markowski came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marek Markowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Sam Campbell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.