Challenge

MOUNTAIN ARENA
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ertan Duman kicked off to start the match. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Ertan Duman sent off a good shot on target. Pavlos Belesis kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Gottfrid Hedström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 16th minute of the match. Gottfrid Hedström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 16th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Ertan Duman took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Marco Day to make any attempt to save it. 20 minutes into the match, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Gottfrid Hedström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gottfrid Hedström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fotis Theofilopoulos hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute of play forced ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goalkeeper Gottfrid Hedström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Gottfrid Hedström. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Besim Vecdet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Gottfrid Hedström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. USA's Cassius Byrne got a good chance for a goal in the 50th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Gottfrid Hedström made a huge save. In the 54th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 55th minute. 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 Gottfrid Hedström quite easily take care of the ball. In the 57th minute, Besim Vecdet 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. After 58 minutes, Monty Rogers made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Gottfrid Hedström tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 67 minutes into the match, Besim Vecdet 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 Besim Vecdet was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ made a substitution. Stasio Plachetka replaced Besim Vecdet. In the 75th minute USA were awarded a corner. Monty Rogers went to the cornerflag to take it. Monty Rogers made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Gottfrid Hedström managed to reach the ball for a save. Cao Jun Yan'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 80th minute of play. When ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Cao Jun Yan in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Tassos Poulakis kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cao Jun Yan in the 87th minute of the match. In the 93rd minute there was a penalty for ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ. Cao Jun Yan stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Marco Day. 3-4. In the 96th minute, Cao Jun Yan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-4.