Challenge

Estadio Taltun
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Ralf Albäck made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 6th minute of play forced Taltum FC's goalkeeper Zhang Hao Qing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 7th minute of play forced Taltum FC's goalkeeper Zhang Hao Qing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Di Le Jun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 16th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhang Hao Qing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhang Hao Qing 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 17th minute. Zhang Hao Qing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 20th minute of the match. Zhang Hao Qing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 22nd minute of the match. Zhang Hao Qing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 29th minute of the match. Roldan Castellanos kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Di Le Jun went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 37th minute of play. Zhang Hao Qing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 39th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Ralf Albäck stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Ralf Albäck tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 43rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhang Hao Qing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Taltum FC's Mattias Wickander got a free kick in the 48th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 52nd minute of play. Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing 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. 64 minutes into the match, Taltum FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Zhang Hao Qing reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ralf Albäck in the 67th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jenson Smith in the 69th minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ralf Albäck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zhang Hao Qing made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 73rd minute. Edward Mcdonald received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zhang Hao Qing came out and tried to block the shot, but Edward Mcdonald slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 74th minute. Taltum FC's Flavio Cifuentes was substituted for He Sang Jun. Taltum FC's Espinosa Marco was substituted for Di Le Jun. Taltum FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 79th minute, when Monty Rogers scored to the left of an out of position Zhang Hao Qing, making the score, 1-3. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Obregón Pardemanos in the 84th minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Espinosa Marco notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 91 minutes of play, USA's Khalid Parry made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zhang Hao Qing was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Zhang Hao Qing in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 94 minutes into the match, Sam Campbell dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Zhang Hao Qing, 2-5. In the 97th minute, Marco Baker 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 the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Taltum FC.