Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Antognoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Björn Tingelholm in the 8th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bruno Antognoni was a little too slow when Cassius Byrne got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 17th minute. The score was now 1-0. After 23 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gustavo Gomes who took care of the corner kick. In the 23rd minute, one of USA:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for USA. In the 24th minute there was a penalty for San Felice a Ema U.L.. Gustavo Gomes stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Marco Day. 1-1. 31 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of San Felice a Ema U.L.'s Bruno Antognoni. Bruno Antognoni was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bruno Antognoni 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 37th minute. With a little luck, San Felice a Ema U.L.'s Bruno Antognoni got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Björn Tingelholm made a kick off. USA's Jacob May managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Patrick Donnellson in the 52 minute of the game. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Björn Tingelholm got free with Marco Day in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 64 minutes into the match, San Felice a Ema U.L.'s goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Bruno Antognoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute, San Felice a Ema U.L.'s Björn Tingelholm dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-2. San Felice a Ema U.L.'s Giovanni Garro was substituted for Björn Tingelholm. San Felice a Ema U.L. made a substitution. A.J. R. Hansen replaced Domenico Nazzari. Bruno Antognoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Giovanni Garro sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by A.J. R. Hansen in the 79th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute San Felice a Ema U.L. were awarded a corner. Gustavo Gomes went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of USA's goalie and right to Daniele Banana. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. USA's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Bruno Antognoni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sam Campbell went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-2 was the resulting score. 90 minutes into the match, San Felice a Ema U.L.'s goal looked a bit too open when Zach Harrison came free, but Bruno Antognoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zach Harrison took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bruno Antognoni. Bruno Antognoni dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-2. San Felice a Ema U.L.'s Bruno Antognoni 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. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by A.J. R. Hansen in the 97th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. USA fully deserved thier win.