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Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The USA fans' excitement grew in the 3rd match minute when USA's Cassius Byrne looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Gottfrid Hedström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 13th minute of the match. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Gottfrid Hedström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 17th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gottfrid Hedström was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. After 20 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gottfrid Hedström was left in no man's land by his defense there! 23 minutes into the match, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Gottfrid Hedström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rdth minute of the game Edward Mcdonald who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Gottfrid Hedström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 25th minute, Aiakos Vardakas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cassius Byrne took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 25th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gottfrid Hedström. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 27 minutes ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cassius Byrne who took care of the corner kick. USA's Raphael Moore was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Gottfrid Hedström in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Monty Rogers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gottfrid Hedström was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. The supporters of USA booed when ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fotis Theofilopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Monty Rogers in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gottfrid Hedström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gottfrid Hedström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of play. Gottfrid Hedström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 44th minute of the match. After the first half USA were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ertan Duman made a kick off. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Gottfrid Hedström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 52nd minute of play. Cassius Byrne's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gottfrid Hedström firmly grabbed it by the left post. Cassius Byrne in the 58thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gottfrid Hedström, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 64th minute, Ertan Duman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Besim Vecdet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 77th match minute, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tassos Poulakis to maneuver through the defense. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Cao Jun Yan was substituted for Ertan Duman. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Tassos Poulakis hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Gottfrid Hedström made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cao Jun Yan in the 86th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gottfrid Hedström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rdth minute of the game Cao Jun Yan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 95th minute of the match ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ibn Serkan ran over to the corner to take the kick.