Challenge

Stadion Juliszew
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes of play, USA's Cassius Byrne made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zhuo Xuan Yu was left in no man's land by his defense there! 12 minutes into the match, Juliszew SSA's Lucjan Szkarpiak sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zhuo Xuan Yu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 13th minute of play. In the 14th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Monty Rogers got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zhuo Xuan Yu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 20 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Lucjan Szkarpiak came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zhuo Xuan Yu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 22nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Lucjan Szkarpiak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Lucjan Szkarpiak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacob May in the 33rd minute of play forced Juliszew SSA's goalkeeper Zhuo Xuan Yu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Jacob May got free in front of the goal in the 34th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Zhuo Xuan Yu was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cecilio Fanuco in the 36th minute. 39 minutes into the match, Jacob May notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Juliszew SSA's Zhuo Xuan Yu. Zhuo Xuan Yu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Lucjan Szkarpiak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucjan Szkarpiak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Juliszew SSA getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Herbert Giejda hit a great ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cecilio Fanuco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Lucjan Szkarpiak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juliszew SSA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Zhuo Xuan Yu 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 56th minute. Zhuo Xuan Yu had great luck who in the 56thth minute grab hold of the ball when Monty Rogers from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucjan Szkarpiak in the 57th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Juliszew SSA's Kelemen Astonzas got a free kick in the 58th minute. Kelemen Astonzas kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Juliszew SSA's Zhuo Xuan Yu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Juliszew SSA from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, USA's Zhuo Xuan Yu threw himself towards the right post 67 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Monty Rogers, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 71 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Cecilio Fanuco came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Monty Rogers got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Zhuo Xuan Yu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 79th minute of the match. Zhuo Xuan Yu 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 79th minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oto Mur in the 81st minute of the match. 82 minutes into the match, Juliszew SSA's goalkeeper Zhuo Xuan Yu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Monty Rogers. In the 86th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Koby Fletcher to maneuver through the defense. Koby Fletcher hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Teobaldo Bayo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juliszew SSA's supporters rose to their feet, but Teobaldo Bayo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 90th minute of play forced Juliszew SSA's goalkeeper Zhuo Xuan Yu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juliszew SSA's Zhuo Xuan Yu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 94th minute of play. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Juliszew SSA throughout the match.