Challenge

Стадион Вежен
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Вежен's Van Halen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 2nd minute of play. After some careless play in the USA defense, Dylan Van Bever 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. After 11 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Van Halen was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 14th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Van Halen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Van Halen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 22nd minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Van Halen was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Van Halen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Van Halen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Mcdonald went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Van Halen came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Cassius Byrne. But to his dismay, Cassius Byrne quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Van Halen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabian Brown hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Martyn Efremov struck a weak shot in the 46th 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 Вежен. The Вежен players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. USA were winning 1-4.

In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With an all-out effort, USA's Van Halen threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Monty Rogers, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Monty Rogers put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Van Halen. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind Вежен's goalkeeper Van Halen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, Вежен's Van Halen got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dylan Van Bever, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dylan Van Bever in the 71st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. In the 80th minute, Zach Harrison 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: 1-7. With an all-out effort, USA's Van Halen threw himself towards the right post 83 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Khalid Parry, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Khalid Parry had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. USA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.