Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Goliath Pelusi kicked off to start the match. AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's Nicolás Tauber proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save AC InmENZO 09-12-2018 from getting a goal against them. 2 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Nicolás Tauber. Cassius Byrne showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's Goliath Pelusi. But to his dismay, Goliath Pelusi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. A sloppy throw-in by Diego Bradley in the 16th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's Edgar Wijngaart. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Goliath Pelusi in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Gábor Udvarhelyi kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Monty Rogers scored 2-1 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nicolás Tauber, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's Nicolás Tauber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 23rd minute of play. Goliath Pelusi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. In the 28th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. 34 minutes into the match, Goliath Pelusi notched a goal, 2-2, 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. The long shot by Zach Harrison in the 37th minute really tested Nicolás Tauber's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 40th minute of the match USA got a corner. AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. 42 minutes into the match, USA's Cassius Byrne sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nicolás Tauber narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's Goliath Pelusi in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 51st minute of play forced AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's goalkeeper Nicolás Tauber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 55th minute of play forced AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's goalkeeper Nicolás Tauber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute, Goliath Pelusi 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. Nicolás Tauber came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Cassius Byrne. But to his dismay, Cassius Byrne quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's Lachezar Kavaldzhiev was substituted for Abdulvahit Rahim. Goliath Pelusi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolás Tauber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's Nicolás Tauber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 74th minute of play. In the 75th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Koby Fletcher to maneuver through the defense. In the 77th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Koby Fletcher to maneuver through the defense. AC InmENZO 09-12-2018 were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Froilan Moise took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Froilan Moise got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Nicolás Tauber came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Khalid Parry. But to his dismay, Khalid Parry quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Danil Shashkov got free with Marco Day in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 87th minute of play forced AC InmENZO 09-12-2018's goalkeeper Nicolás Tauber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Froilan Moise in the 89th minute of play. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Danil Shashkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. USA's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.