Challenge

中国•北京•鸟巢
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Juan Edur kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eddy Luirink. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. If Marc Bouman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Juan Edur's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. Eddy Luirink took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edward Mcdonald might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eddy Luirink. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Mcdonald ran back to his position shaking his head. Gustaw Fudalej kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 34th 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. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the USA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Monty Rogers couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cassius Byrne in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eddy Luirink saved ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 from getting behind. Juan Edur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 47 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Eddy Luirink was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike 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. In the 56th minute 苏皓强 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 having played for 57 minutes, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edward Mcdonald was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. ≮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 Monty Rogers in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute Gustaw Fudalej 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. In the 67th match minute, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marc Bouman to maneuver through the defense. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 made a substitution. Marek Markowski replaced Juan Edur. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. In the 68th match minute, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marc Bouman to maneuver through the defense. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 苏皓强 in the 70th minute of play. Jacob May's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Eddy Luirink firmly grabbed it by the left post. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Zach Harrison hit a great ball. When ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Marek Markowski in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. After 81 played minutes ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 got a freekick which was hit by Gustaw Fudalej. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. The supporters of USA booed when ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gustaw Fudalej didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marek Markowski in the 86th minute of the match. After 88 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Koby Fletcher. After 90 minutes of play, USA's Khalid Parry made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eddy Luirink was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marco Baker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eddy Luirink having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Khalid Parry's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddy Luirink was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.