Challenge

Stadion Butordolac
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassius Byrne took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Edward Mcdonald came up free with the goalie in the 4th 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 Edward Mcdonald couldn't finish the play. 6 minutes into the game, NK BRONZIN's Karlo Radonić nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Day made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Bernard Kufner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Natko Gajski came free with the goalkeeper in the 14th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marco Day could save by the left post. After 16 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Koby Fletcher. Karlo Radonić could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. Zach Harrison recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bernard Kufner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 28th minute of the match. Bernard Kufner 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 30th minute. NK BRONZIN's Bernard Kufner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of play. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bernard Kufner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edward Mcdonald fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernard Kufner having to interfere. 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 wind increased when Ahmet Gündüz Acaralp made the kick off in the second half. With his leg Bernard Kufner managed to avoid a goal in the 54thth minute, when USA's Cassius Byrne fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When NK BRONZIN's Karlo Radonić in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. 59 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of NK BRONZIN's Bernard Kufner. Bernard Kufner was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 66 minutes of play, NK BRONZIN's Ahmet Gündüz Acaralp made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! NK BRONZIN made a substitution. Jure Pantić replaced Ahmet Gündüz Acaralp. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jure Pantić in the 72nd minute of play. If Florijan Posinjak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Sam Campbell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Monty Rogers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernard Kufner was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. After 79 minutes NK BRONZIN's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jenson Smith who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of NK BRONZIN's goalie and right to Diego Bradley. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. NK BRONZIN's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 84th minute, Jure Pantić ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 87th minute of play forced NK BRONZIN's goalkeeper Bernard Kufner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernard Kufner came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Khalid Parry. But to his dismay, Khalid Parry quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. After a rather tough play, USA's Marco Baker got a free kick in the 89th minute. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jure Pantić in the 92nd minute of play. 94 minutes into the game, Khalid Parry lined in a short shot 3-4 behind a frustrated Bernard Kufner. The NK BRONZIN fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.