Challenge

PIETROSUL ARENA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Niculae Rădvan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 10 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. Niculae Rădvan was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 16th minute of the match USA got a corner. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. At last the ball reached Edward Mcdonald at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of FC PIETROSUL -MM-. 0-2. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciprian Halipa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 20th minute of play forced FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goalkeeper Niculae Rădvan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felix Codin kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Niculae Rădvan 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 24th minute. 30 minutes into the match, FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Niculae Rădvan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Niculae Rădvan 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 32nd minute. Niculae Rădvan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 34th minute of play. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolae Bosioc, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Niculae Rădvan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 37th minute of play. Monty Rogers scored 0-3 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Niculae Rădvan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Niculae Rădvan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 46th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nicolae Bosioc was the one to do the kick off. When Cassius Byrne came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the USA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cassius Byrne couldn't finish the play. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horaţiu Pintilie in the 56th minute of play. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciprian Halipa in the 62nd minute of play. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Cristi Ciprian was substituted for Nicolae Bosioc. Niculae Rădvan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 67th minute of the match. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristi Ciprian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. If Cristi Ciprian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Niculae Rădvan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zach Harrison in the 86th minute. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Niculae Rădvan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 87th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sam Campbell in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Niculae Rădvan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jenson Smith was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. Jenson Smith made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Niculae Rădvan managed to reach the ball for a save. 92 minutes into the match, FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Marco Baker came free, but Niculae Rădvan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Niculae Rădvan made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurel Teodoroiu in the 99th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC PIETROSUL -MM-.