Challenge

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Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, 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. ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's 魏亮宇 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 5th minute of play. In the 7thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's 魏亮宇 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's 魏亮宇 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 13th minute of play. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. 19 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when 邱正帆 came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. In the 22nd minute ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末 were awarded a corner. 顾升川 went to the cornerflag to take it. Guus Harmsen made a great header on ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's corner, it was just that USA's Marco Day managed to reach the ball for a save. 魏亮宇 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 25th minute of the match. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 邱正帆 in the 27th minute of play. In the 34th minute Guus Harmsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 邱正帆 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Day was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Maarten Aelbrecht showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 37 minute of play. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Guus Harmsen to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's 梅克树 got a free kick in the 58th minute. After 61 minutes of play, ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's 邱正帆 made it 2-0 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! Marco Day came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's Guus Harmsen. But to his dismay, Guus Harmsen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. 魏亮宇 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 74th minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Jacob May got away a dangerous shot. Despite this 魏亮宇 quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 77th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's goalkeeper 魏亮宇 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zach Harrison hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. In the 89th minute, 邱正帆 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 91st minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末's goalkeeper 魏亮宇 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the game, USA's Khalid Parry nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 魏亮宇 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. The ≮王者归来≯风起青萍之末 support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.