Challenge

Surahammar
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. Jan Lindström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jan Lindström was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience was convinced that Radamel Oakley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. After 12 minutes, Radamel Oakley made it 1-1 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. In the 17th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Lindström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 18 minutes into the game, Raphael Moore threw the ball into play from the sideline. Surahammar's Markus Wallman quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 18th minute of the match, Radamel Oakley tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marco Day saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Victor Santxol was slow to take the kick. During this time Surahammar's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Victor Santxol almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. USA's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Victor Santxol 26 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-1. Jan Lindström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 32nd minute of play. The throw-in from Raphael Moore in the 33rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Surahammar's Markus Wallman. In the 36th minute, Monty Rogers left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Santxol in the 39th minute of the match. Victor Santxol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th 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 Cassius Byrne in the 47th minute of play forced Surahammar's goalkeeper Jan Lindström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Victor Santxol was the one to do the kick off. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Santxol in the 52nd minute of play. Surahammar's Victor Santxol got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Surahammar's André Pettersson was substituted for Victor Santxol. 58 minutes in the game Raphael Moore did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Cassius Byrne. 60 minutes into the match, Surahammar's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Jan Lindström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA were awarded a corner in the 62th minute after Surahammar's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Surahammar's goalkeeper Jan Lindström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. In the 70th minute of the match Surahammar got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Xiao Yan Jian ran over to the corner to take the kick. 73 minutes into the game, Raphael Moore threw the ball into play from the sideline. Surahammar's Mark Brovall quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Surahammar were awarded a corner in the 75th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Xiao Yan Jian took the corner. Surahammar's Jan Lindström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 77th minute of play. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Jacob May got a throw-in 80 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Raphael Moore. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Jan Lindström made a huge save. 86 minutes into the game, Raphael Moore threw the ball into play from the sideline. Surahammar's Mark Brovall quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Surahammar's attentive Markus Wallman managed to snatch the ball when Raphael Moore made a throw-in in the 87th minute of the game. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radamel Oakley in the 88th minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Radamel Oakley ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-2. 92 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when André Pettersson came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, Raphael Moore was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. USA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Surahammar the free kick. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Raphael Moore hit a great ball. USA's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Surahammar had won, even though USA had held more of the ball.