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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Maciej Marchlewicz took the kick off in the first half of the match. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. After 4 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Zach Harrison. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, 许夕昆 managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vila Zumbi's supporters rose to their feet, but 许夕昆 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. In the 7th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antoni Beninda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th minute of the match USA got a corner. Vila Zumbi'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. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Cassius Byrne fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Antoni Beninda quite easily take care of the ball. After 10 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Antoni Beninda was left in no man's land by his defense there! Antoni Beninda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antoni Beninda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 18th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Antoni Beninda was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Glauco Pereira, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Kang Fan Xiang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Antoni Beninda stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Raphael Moore kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute, Monty Rogers 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: 0-3. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Glauco Pereira, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After 47 played minutes Vila Zumbi got a freekick which was hit by Gigel Tofan. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The wind increased when Cassius Byrne made the kick off in the second half. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 许夕昆 in the 58th minute of play. Vila Zumbi were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 许夕昆 took the corner. After taking down the ball on Vila Zumbi's corner 许夕昆 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. Maciej Marchlewicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Kang Fan Xiang hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. When Kang Fan Xiang fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vila Zumbi's protests and gave Kang Fan Xiang a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of USA booed when Vila Zumbi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kang Fan Xiang didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Kang Fan Xiang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. After having played for 72 minutes, 许夕昆 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vila Zumbi's supporters crossed their fingers, but 许夕昆 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 74 minutes into the match, Vila Zumbi's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Antoni Beninda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 75 minutes Vila Zumbi's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Monty Rogers who took care of the corner kick. Antoni Beninda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 79th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Vila Zumbi's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Antoni Beninda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Vila Zumbi's Kang Fan Xiang. But to his dismay, Kang Fan Xiang quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kang Fan Xiang in the 88th minute of play. After some careless play in the USA defense, Kang Fan Xiang 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. Antoni Beninda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Baker, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. USA's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.