Challenge

Olympus Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Romanian Gods™'s goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Isac Murgan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isac Murgan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cassius Byrne in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Isac Murgan saved Romanian Gods™ from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cassius Byrne in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Isac Murgan saved Romanian Gods™ from getting behind. 13 minutes into the match, Romanian Gods™'s Ed Zeeman sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ionuț Cosoroabă in the 16th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isac Murgan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ionuț Cosoroabă in the 21st minute of the match. In the 26th minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isac Murgan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edward Mcdonald sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd 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. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Zula Dziura sent off a good shot on target. 38 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ed Zeeman. Romanian Gods™'s Isac Murgan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romanian Gods™'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. Isac Murgan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After the first half USA were leading 0-2. 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 Ed Zeeman made a kick off. Cassius Byrne who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 53rdth minute tested the skills of Isac Murgan when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ed Zeeman in the 54th minute of play. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by Romanian Gods™'s Ed Zeeman. But to his dismay, Ed Zeeman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ed Zeeman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cassius Byrne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Isac Murgan having to interfere. Romanian Gods™'s Isac Murgan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Romanian Gods™ from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Zula Dziura's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. In the 65th minute, Ionuț Cosoroabă 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. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. 69 minutes into the match, Romanian Gods™'s goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Isac Murgan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Monty Rogers in the 70th minute. The corner led USA's Diego Bradley to fire away a dangerous shot which Isac Murgan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Isac Murgan came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Sam Campbell. But to his dismay, Sam Campbell quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, Isac Murgan successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 75 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Ionuț Cosoroabă came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zula Dziura in the 77th 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 had gone on for 86 minutes, Ionuț Cosoroabă put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Marco Day. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. In the 89th minute Ed Zeeman 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Isac Murgan in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Romanian Gods™ throughout the match.