Challenge

The Balaang Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Andrea De Toro got the match started through his kick off. In the 10th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Holger Mattsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. When Cassius Byrne came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the USA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cassius Byrne couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bolli Bolla in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Bolli Bolla's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. Florin Răducioiu kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Holger Mattsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 21st minute of the match. In the 26th minute Nils-Åke Lagerberg 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. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Florin Răducioiu was slow to take the kick. During this time Hummerfiskarna's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Hummerfiskarna's Arnaldo Queirós to fire away a dangerous shot which Marco Day despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 32nd minute of play forced Hummerfiskarna's goalkeeper Holger Mattsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Holger Mattsson was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. In the 37th minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Holger Mattsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Hummerfiskarna's Florin Răducioiu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Hummerfiskarna's André Qvalfeldt got a free kick in the 41st minute. Holger Mattsson 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 44th minute. In the 47th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edward Mcdonald to maneuver through the defense.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes Hummerfiskarna got a freekick which was hit by Valentín Perales. Nils-Åke Lagerberg kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Hummerfiskarna's defense didn't have a chance, in the 56th minute, when Cassius Byrne scored to the left of an out of position Holger Mattsson, making the score, 0-2. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hummerfiskarna made a substitution. Bennvar Maradona replaced Valentín Perales. Hummerfiskarna's Rickard Malmström was substituted for Karl-Michael Bergfelt. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrea De Toro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Monty Rogers hit a great ball. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrea De Toro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hummerfiskarna's Holger Mattsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 69th minute of play. USA were awarded a corner in the 71th minute after Hummerfiskarna's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Monty Rogers took the corner. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrea De Toro in the 79th minute of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo Queirós in the 80th minute of the match. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrea De Toro in the 81st minute of play. If Sam Campbell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Hummerfiskarna's Holger Mattsson got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 87th minute USA were awarded a corner. Jenson Smith went to the cornerflag to take it. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nils-Åke Lagerberg in the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrea De Toro in the 96th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.