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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Emanuel Bergfelt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Dalmo Tasso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Emanuel Bergfelt came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Moneyball 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 Emanuel Bergfelt couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cheng Wei Yan in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. When Moneyball's Cheng Wei Yan in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 17 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Cheng Wei Yan sped through USA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marco Day. In the 19th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dalmo Tasso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 24 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Dalmo Tasso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With an all-out effort, Moneyball's Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 30 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Emanuel Bergfelt, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 35th minute of play forced Moneyball's goalkeeper Dalmo Tasso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cheng Wei Yan was slow to take the kick. During this time Moneyball's players had a chance to rest. 38 minutes into the game Cheng Wei Yan kicked a great long shot which passed Marco Day straight ahead into the goal, Result 2-1. One couldn't see Cheng Wei Yan behind all of his teammates who surrounded to congratulate him. Cassius Byrne's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dalmo Tasso read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Edward Mcdonald had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dalmo Tasso. Moneyball's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edward Mcdonald was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cheng Wei Yan was the one to do the kick off. Moneyball's Dalmo Tasso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Moneyball from getting a goal against them. After 56 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dalmo Tasso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Dalmo Tasso made a huge save. Dalmo Tasso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 68th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 76th minute of play forced Moneyball's goalkeeper Dalmo Tasso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 77th minute of play forced Moneyball's goalkeeper Dalmo Tasso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 82 minutes, Emanuel Bergfelt managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Moneyball's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emanuel Bergfelt was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. Moneyball's Oliver Bergman was substituted for Roland Rakowicz. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Moneyball made a substitution. Božetěch Caletka replaced Jakub Šantrůček. Moneyball's Dalmo Tasso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 89th minute of play. In the 90th minute Emanuel Bergfelt 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. Moneyball's Cheng Wei Yan got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Moneyball fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.