Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pasha Datsiuk in the 6th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pasha Datsiuk 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. In the 23rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hristofor Borchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25thth minute of the game Pasha Datsiuk who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ronaldinho Fenomeno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pasha Datsiuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Rallo in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 35th minute of play forced AS Pikachuzim's goalkeeper Hristofor Borchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edward Mcdonald's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Hristofor Borchev firmly grabbed it by the left post. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 42nd minute. Edward Mcdonald was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Max Möllgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by AS Pikachuzim's Max Möllgren. But to his dismay, Max Möllgren quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The USA players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. AS Pikachuzim were winning 0-1.

AS Pikachuzim's Arif Oğuz Semdin was substituted for Ronaldinho Fenomeno. AS Pikachuzim's Luciano Sarmento was substituted for Pasha Datsiuk. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arif Oğuz Semdin made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Oğuz Semdin in the 55th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute Arif Oğuz Semdin 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. AS Pikachuzim's Hristofor Borchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 58th minute of play. In the 59th minute Max Möllgren 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. Cassius Byrne's late challenge caught a AS Pikachuzim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cassius Byrne helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Cassius Byrne hit a great ball. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. After 73 played minutes AS Pikachuzim got a freekick which was hit by Santos Rallo. After 79 played minutes AS Pikachuzim got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Tudor. Hristofor Borchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 80th minute of the match. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arif Oğuz Semdin in the 82nd minute of play. Luciano Sarmento succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 84th playminute. Hristofor Borchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Baker in the 86th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luciano Sarmento in the 89th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when USA's Sam Campbell fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Hristofor Borchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Baker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When USA's Sam Campbell in the 97th minute got a chance for a shot 97th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AS Pikachuzim's goalie prevented a goal. The AS Pikachuzim supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing AS Pikachuzim would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.