Challenge

Arena Pomerode
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. Egun Pais made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 5th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jardel Lewandowski in the 7th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Jardel Lewandowski came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jardel Lewandowski. Lokon Pøhl hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Egun Pais showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 18th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Floresta Negra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Egun Pais reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andy Cole in the 21st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Egun Pais took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacob May, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 25th minute of play forced Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper Egun Pais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Egun Pais showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 32nd minute of the match. 32 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Egun Pais was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jardel Lewandowski in the 38th minute of play. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Andy Cole tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 46th minute of play forced Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper Egun Pais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 47 played minutes Floresta Negra FC got a freekick which was hit by Areion Koulpasis. Areion Koulpasis kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. After 49 played minutes, USA's Cassius Byrne shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Egun Pais came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in USA reached it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Andy Cole made a kick off. Koby Fletcher kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jerzy Zjawin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 54 minutes, Andy Cole made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. USA's Marco Day tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 57 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Lokon Pøhl came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jardel Lewandowski in the 59th minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Cassius Byrne made a precise shot to the right of Egun Pais. Floresta Negra FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 66th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egun Pais saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Floresta Negra FC's Egun Pais got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Andy Cole in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jardel Lewandowski in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 86th minute of play forced Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper Egun Pais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Floresta Negra FC's Egun Pais proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Floresta Negra FC from getting a goal against them. Egun Pais made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 91st minute of play. Egun Pais made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 95th minute of play. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 99th minute to try and stop a shot by Floresta Negra FC's Jardel Lewandowski. But to his dismay, Jardel Lewandowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Floresta Negra FC throughout the match.