Challenge

Swaan FC
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. Börna Bulldogs's Basilio Nafarroa managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Raphael Moore in the 4 minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Xiao Zhen Jian managed to get in a good position for a shot. Börna Bulldogs's supporters rose to their feet, but Xiao Zhen Jian was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 10th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andreas Andersson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 12th minute of play forced Börna Bulldogs's goalkeeper Andreas Andersson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Diego Bradley in the 13th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Börna Bulldogs's Necip Uysal. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gong Qi Fan, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Börna Bulldogs's Andreas Andersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 18th minute of play. Andreas Andersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 29 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Andreas Andersson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Andreas Andersson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the game, Edward Mcdonald cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Andreas Andersson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 37th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andreas Andersson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xiao Zhen Jian got free with Marco Day in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Börna Bulldogs's Rob Lute was substituted for Ragnar Linquist. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gong Qi Fan made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Andreas Andersson in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Andreas Andersson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Edward Mcdonald's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andreas Andersson was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Andreas Andersson made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Andreas Andersson came out and tried to block the shot, but Cassius Byrne slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 61st minute. Andreas Andersson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andreas Andersson 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 74th minute. Andreas Andersson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Andreas Andersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 81st minute of play. Andreas Andersson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sam Campbell in the 83rd minute. Börna Bulldogs's Andreas Andersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 85th minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matias Svahn in the 88th minute of play. Andreas Andersson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Börna Bulldogs's Andreas Andersson got control of the ball when Khalid Parry tried to sneak it across the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, Gong Qi Fan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gong Qi Fan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5. USA played a much better game than Börna Bulldogs and deserved their victory. The Börna Bulldogs players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.