Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Filippo Falasca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 2nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in PowerHawKings's zone, Cassius Byrne stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Filippo Falasca came out of the goal and Cassius Byrne tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. USA's Cassius Byrne got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 12th minute, Cassius Byrne fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvise Di Leonardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filippo Falasca was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. PowerHawKings were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alvise Lucidi took the corner. PowerHawKings's Augusto Masi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marco Day in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alvise Di Leonardo in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damiano Tatangelo in the 25th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the match, PowerHawKings's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Filippo Falasca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot by Jenson Smith from long distance, 29 minutes into the match, got Filippo Falasca's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Filippo Falasca in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Filippo Falasca made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Monty Rogers sent off a good shot on target. USA were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after PowerHawKings's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. USA's Raphael Moore was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Filippo Falasca in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With a little luck, PowerHawKings's Filippo Falasca got control of the ball when Monty Rogers tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Filippo Falasca in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 44 minutes of play, USA's Cassius Byrne made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Filippo Falasca was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvise Di Leonardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alvise Di Leonardo to strike the kick off in the second half. Edward Mcdonald sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Filippo Falasca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alvise Di Leonardo scored 1-1 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Day, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. PowerHawKings's Damiano Walcher was substituted for Aurelio Della Rocca. Filippo Falasca didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. PowerHawKings's Amerigo Di Fabio quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Raphael Moore, made in the 71st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 72nd minute of play forced PowerHawKings's goalkeeper Filippo Falasca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Filippo Falasca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 78th minute of the match. In the 78th minute, Sam Campbell made a precise shot to the right of Filippo Falasca. PowerHawKings's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 84th minute of play forced PowerHawKings's goalkeeper Filippo Falasca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diego Bradley was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. When USA's Sam Campbell in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PowerHawKings's goalie prevented a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Damiano Tatangelo during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 89th minute, Damiano Tatangelo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 90 minutes, Khalid Parry managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Khalid Parry was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Khalid Parry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filippo Falasca having to interfere. Filippo Falasca stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Khalid Parry's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. When the referee ended the match the USA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.