Challenge

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Benny Hill got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Bradley to maneuver through the defense. FC Draconia's Harald Sulems managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Diego Bradley in the 9 minute of the game. Jerome Ngake showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jenson Smith, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Benny Hill in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 17 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Benny Van der Poorten who took care of the corner kick. 18 minutes into the match, Benny Hill notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 23rd minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Jerome Ngake. FC Draconia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Benny Hill could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. The throw-in from Diego Bradley in the 28th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Draconia's Harald Sulems. In the 30th minute, Benny Hill left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Draconia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Adrià Vassaras sent off a good shot on target. Benny Hill recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 41 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Jerome Ngake was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 44 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Benny Hill. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquin Lekubegi in the 52nd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benny Hill in the 60th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. In the 64th minute of the match, Monty Rogers tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jerome Ngake saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joaquin Lekubegi in the 65th minute of play. Jerome Ngake made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 68th minute. The supporters of USA booed when FC Draconia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benny Hill didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC Draconia made a substitution. Robbin Dirickx replaced Joaquin Lekubegi. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. FC Draconia made a substitution. Dragutin Kasaikin replaced Benny Van der Poorten. A collision led to FC Draconia getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Benny Hill hit a great ball. FC Draconia's Harald Sulems managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Diego Bradley in the 72 minute of the game. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Monty Rogers put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Jerome Ngake. USA were awarded a corner in the 79th minute after FC Draconia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jenson Smith took the corner. Jacob May made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that FC Draconia's Jerome Ngake managed to reach the ball for a save. 85 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. 88 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Jerome Ngake reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 90th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the FC Draconia defense, Marco Baker kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jerome Ngake. The FC Draconia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jerome Ngake should have stopped the shot.