Challenge

Akademin
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. In the 7th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bolo Skjold saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Petter Skarkman sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 10th minute of play forced Protegéerna's goalkeeper Bolo Skjold to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Petter Skarkman got free with Marco Day in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marco Day was out of position in the 21 minute of play, and Petter Skarkman capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Petter Skarkman really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 28thth minute of the game Petter Skarkman 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. The throw-in from Raphael Moore in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Protegéerna's Ossi Eloranta. 39 minutes into the match, Protegéerna's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Bolo Skjold reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When USA's Edward Mcdonald in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Protegéerna's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 39 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Edward Mcdonald sped through Protegéerna's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bolo Skjold. 42 minutes into the match, Protegéerna's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Bolo Skjold reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Petter Skarkman to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Bolo Skjold in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Protegéerna's attentive Xu Yi Chong managed to snatch the ball when Raphael Moore made a throw-in in the 54th minute of the game. 58 minutes into the game, Raphael Moore threw the ball into play from the sideline. Protegéerna's Paolo-César Maldini quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petter Skarkman in the 65th minute of the match. Bolo Skjold made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. 70 minutes into the match, Protegéerna's goalkeeper Bolo Skjold had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. Cassius Byrne came free with the goalkeeper in the 71st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Bolo Skjold could save by the left post. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jakob Lundin in the 73rd minute of the match. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Michael Näver was slow to take the kick. During this time Protegéerna's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Michael Näver got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 85th minute, Sam Campbell left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Marco Baker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bolo Skjold having to interfere. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Bolo Skjold made a huge save. Bolo Skjold was a little too slow when Sam Campbell got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 92nd minute. The score was now 1-3. In the 97th minute USA were awarded a corner. Jenson Smith went to the cornerflag to take it. USA's Jenson Smith was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Bolo Skjold in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. USA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.