Challenge

Suzuki Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Agostinho Negri made the kick off which started today's match. If Nicolae Dobrin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 9th minute of play forced Korona Kielce's goalkeeper Raimo Ülend to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chesney Summers in the 10th minute of the match. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Monty Rogers hit a great ball. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chesney Summers in the 21st minute of the match. Marco Day had great luck who in the 22ndth minute grab hold of the ball when Chesney Summers from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Raimo Ülend 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 26th minute. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Korona Kielce's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Jacob May managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 35th minute of play forced Korona Kielce's goalkeeper Raimo Ülend to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raimo Ülend showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 46th minute of the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Chesney Summers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabi Martinelli in the 56th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Korona Kielce's Dave Legzdins 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. Gabi Martinelli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 62nd minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led USA's Jenson Smith to fire away a dangerous shot which Raimo Ülend despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chesney Summers in the 65th minute of the match. Korona Kielce's Ivar Lilleeng was substituted for Gabi Martinelli. Korona Kielce made a substitution. Nihat Sarıdoğan replaced Nicolae Dobrin. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Korona Kielce's Alex Macedo was substituted for Agostinho Negri. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dave Legzdins was slow to take the kick. During this time Korona Kielce's players had a chance to rest. In the 70th minute Chesney Summers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Macedo in the 71st minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Korona Kielce's goalkeeper Raimo Ülend had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Mcdonald. Raimo Ülend made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 75th minute of play. If Nihat Sarıdoğan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chesney Summers in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chesney Summers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 89th minute of play forced Korona Kielce's goalkeeper Raimo Ülend to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st match minute, Korona Kielce was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Peng Ming Peng to maneuver through the defense. 92 minutes into the match, Khalid Parry had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raimo Ülend. Korona Kielce's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Khalid Parry was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Khalid Parry took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Raimo Ülend to make any attempt to save it. USA's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.