Challenge

Pepsi Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Tytus Drab received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to MATRIX TEAM getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Izydor Filanowski hit a great ball. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki 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 12th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zach Harrison in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tobiasz Niedzwiecki saved MATRIX TEAM from getting behind. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Cassius Byrne sped through MATRIX TEAM's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. Brad Ridding could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. 20 minutes into the match, MATRIX TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Tobiasz Niedzwiecki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. MATRIX TEAM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Edward Mcdonald kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Lucjan Chmielecki might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lucjan Chmielecki ran back to his position shaking his head. MATRIX TEAM's Tobiasz Niedzwiecki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 34th minute of play. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 37th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damazy Jakisz got free with Marco Day in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 46 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Brad Ridding came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brad Ridding in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Brad Ridding to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, USA's Koby Fletcher got a free kick in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 55th minute of play forced MATRIX TEAM's goalkeeper Tobiasz Niedzwiecki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MATRIX TEAM's Lech Lele was substituted for Damazy Jakisz. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 62nd minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tytus Drab in the 64th minute of the match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tytus Drab, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 74th minute of the match. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki was out of position in the 76 minute of play, and Monty Rogers capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Monty Rogers really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tytus Drab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Khalid Parry managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Khalid Parry was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 85th minute, USA's Sam Campbell ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. If Khalid Parry had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 89 minutes of play, USA's Sam Campbell made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 93rd minute, Lucjan Chmielecki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. MATRIX TEAM's Tobiasz Niedzwiecki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save MATRIX TEAM from getting a goal against them. After some careless play in the MATRIX TEAM defense, Sam Campbell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. The MATRIX TEAM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tobiasz Niedzwiecki should have stopped the shot. 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.