Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassius Byrne took the kick off in the first half of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper Egun Pais had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. Egun Pais made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Monty Rogers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Egun Pais made a huge save. When Zach Harrison fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored USA's protests and gave Zach Harrison a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in USA fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 20th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Floresta Negra FC a penalty, 22 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Andy Cole, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of USA's Marco Day. 0-1. In the 28th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egun Pais saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Egun Pais made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Egun Pais was a little too slow when Cassius Byrne got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 33rd minute. The score was now 1-1. Lokon Pøhl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. After some careless play in the Floresta Negra FC defense, Monty Rogers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Egun Pais. The Floresta Negra FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Egun Pais should have stopped the shot. In the 45th match minute, Floresta Negra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lokon Pøhl to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th match minute, Floresta Negra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jerzy Zjawin to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Andy Cole to strike the kick off in the second half. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. After 61 played minutes Floresta Negra FC got a freekick which was hit by Jerzy Zjawin. A collision led to Floresta Negra FC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Jerzy Zjawin hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, USA's Raphael Moore got a free kick in the 67th minute. Raphael Moore hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 71st 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: 3-1. Egun Pais made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 76th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 78th minute of play forced Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper Egun Pais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 79th minute of play forced Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper Egun Pais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute, Edward Mcdonald ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Egun Pais was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Egun Pais took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Baker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute Jardel Lewandowski 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. Egun Pais made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 93rd minute of play. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jenson Smith in the 95th minute. A nice corner shot did that Jenson Smith got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Egun Pais quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. USA's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.