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So What
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Kind of Blue's Vincent Kellbom started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Kind of Blue's Wilhelm Galle. Wilhelm Galle was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wilhelm Galle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 12th minute of the match. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Kind of Blue were awarded a corner in the 14th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Epifanio Aznar took the corner. Marco Day didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Kind of Blue's Sebastian Käller shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. After 23 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wilhelm Galle was left in no man's land by his defense there! 26 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vincent Kellbom. 30 minutes into the game, USA's Monty Rogers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wilhelm Galle made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. Vincent Kellbom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 35th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilhelm Galle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Käller in the 38th minute of the match. Östen Högman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The crowd rose to their feet as Monty Rogers kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Wilhelm Galle. That made the score 3-4 in the 51 minute of play. In the 59th minute Vincent Kellbom 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. USA were awarded a corner in the 65th minute after Kind of Blue's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Kind of Blue's goalie and right to Zach Harrison. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Kind of Blue's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Kind of Blue made a substitution. Zhuo Ke Le replaced Östen Högman. Kind of Blue's Anastasios Pallini was substituted for Vincent Kellbom. In the 70th minute of the match USA got a corner. Kind of Blue's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Monty Rogers ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Monty Rogers almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Kind of Blue's Wilhelm Galle did a great save. 73 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Zhuo Ke Le came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Anastasios Pallini stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Anastasios Pallini tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jenson Smith made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Kind of Blue's Wilhelm Galle managed to reach the ball for a save. 83 minutes into the match, Anastasios Pallini had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anastasios Pallini was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-4. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anastasios Pallini in the 88th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Kind of Blue's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but Wilhelm Galle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When USA's Khalid Parry, in the 89th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for USA. Kind of Blue's Wilhelm Galle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 95th minute of play. In the 96th 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. USA were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.