Challenge

Evergreen Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 4th minute of play forced Hexo Utd's goalkeeper Max Limont to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Max Limont stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mar Cheze in the 6th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mar Cheze, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 11 minutes into the match, Mar Cheze notched a goal, 1-0, 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 a rather tough play, Hexo Utd's Karl-Johan Wallin got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 17th match minute, Hexo Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jamie Carragher to maneuver through the defense. Max Limont made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 17th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Vilmantas Kalinauskas 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. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Max Limont was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulius Rožėnas in the 26th minute of the match. Max Limont made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute of play. In the 32nd minute Paulius Rožėnas 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 39th minute of play forced Hexo Utd's goalkeeper Max Limont to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Hexo Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Max Limont reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Paulius Rožėnas to make the kick off. Max Limont showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 51st minute of the match. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mar Cheze in the 53rd minute of play. In the 56th match minute, Hexo Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulius Rožėnas to maneuver through the defense. Adolfo Brandão recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hexo Utd's Miglius Simonaitis was substituted for Adolfo Brandão. In the 63rd minute, USA's Cassius Byrne ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Max Limont. Max Limont yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. After 68 minutes, Paulius Rožėnas made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. USA's Marco Day tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. A collision led to Hexo Utd getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Karl-Johan Wallin hit a great ball. Jenson Smith sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Hexo Utd made a substitution. Jacek Bara replaced Anders Stenström. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mar Cheze in the 80th minute of the match. Max Limont made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 82nd minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Paulius Rožėnas came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 85 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mar Cheze who took care of the corner kick. When Hexo Utd's Mar Cheze 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 USA's goalie prevented a goal. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mar Cheze in the 93rd minute of the match. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Hexo Utd were victorious despite being under pressure from USA for much of the match.