Challenge

Stadio Ennio Tardini
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Seyfettin Onursoy in the 9th minute of play. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 10th minute of play. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 16th minute of play. After some careless play in the USA defense, Luan Pombo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 21st minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 25th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Seyfettin Onursoy in the 31st minute. Marco Day was out of position in the 31 minute of play, and Seyfettin Onursoy capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Seyfettin Onursoy really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. David Abad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. The supporters of Chinese CJ Youth Academy booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabian Brown didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luan Pombo struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Marco Day didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chinese CJ Youth Academy. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Abad was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luan Pombo was slow to take the kick. During this time Chinese CJ Youth Academy's players had a chance to rest. At last the ball reached Timmy Galle at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of USA. 3-0. 45 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Seyfettin Onursoy came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Günther Doty was substituted for Luan Pombo. The wind increased when Seyfettin Onursoy made the kick off in the second half. Günther Doty struck a weak shot in the 52nd minute. Marco Day didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chinese CJ Youth Academy. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Günther Doty in the 60th minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Seyfettin Onursoy notched a goal, 4-0, 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. In the 72nd minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Chinese CJ Youth Academy from getting a goal against them. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Seyfettin Onursoy advanced and headed the ball into goal, 5-0 in the 82nd minute. 89 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Baker came free, but David Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 93 minutes, Sam Campbell made it 5-2 with a short kick to the right side. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Chinese CJ Youth Academy were victorious despite being under pressure from USA for much of the match.