Challenge

Estadio Desperado
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Endrik Fuchs took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 2nd minute of play forced Los Desperados Szczecin's goalkeeper Jacek Henryk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacek Henryk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 9 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacek Henryk. Los Desperados Szczecin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 17 minutes into the match, Los Desperados Szczecin's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Jacek Henryk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Klement Ledochowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Klement Ledochowski ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 22nd minute of play forced Los Desperados Szczecin's goalkeeper Jacek Henryk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Endrik Fuchs in the 27th minute of play. In the 31st minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. Jacob May made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Los Desperados Szczecin's Jacek Henryk managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 42nd minute of the match Korhan Akmanoğlu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marco Day showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Endrik Fuchs in the 56th minute of the match. In the 59thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Los Desperados Szczecin's Jacek Henryk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 60th minute. Los Desperados Szczecin's Jacek Henryk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 61st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Endrik Fuchs's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. In the 66th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacek Henryk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jacek Henryk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 67th minute of the match. In the 69th minute, Cassius Byrne 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. When Klement Ledochowski, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 76 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Marco Day was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Jacek Henryk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalid Parry, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Sam Campbell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacek Henryk having to interfere. Los Desperados Szczecin's Jacek Henryk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Los Desperados Szczecin from getting a goal against them. USA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.