Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stig-Åke Elin got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute Tercero Imperiale 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. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Melker Larsson in the 11th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, JELINEBERG's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Paolo Azuela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stig-Åke Elin in the 19th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. JELINEBERG's Paolo Azuela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 21st minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stig-Åke Elin in the 23rd minute of play. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stig-Åke Elin in the 27th minute of the match. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tor Skytt was slow to take the kick. During this time JELINEBERG's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Tor Skytt got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 31st minute, Tercero Imperiale made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Paolo Azuela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 39th minute of the match. USA's Cassius Byrne got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 44 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Fabian Brown. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stig-Åke Elin in the 47th minute of play. The USA players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. JELINEBERG were winning 0-1.

In the 52nd minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paolo Azuela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paolo Azuela came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Monty Rogers. But to his dismay, Monty Rogers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Paolo Azuela 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 62nd minute. After some careless play in the JELINEBERG defense, Monty Rogers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paolo Azuela. The JELINEBERG fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paolo Azuela should have stopped the shot. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. Paolo Azuela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 82nd minute of play. Paolo Azuela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tercero Imperiale, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 88th minute of play forced JELINEBERG's goalkeeper Paolo Azuela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paolo Azuela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 90th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 91st minute of play forced JELINEBERG's goalkeeper Paolo Azuela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 92 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Marco Baker. Paolo Azuela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 94th minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. USA had played much better football throughout.