Challenge

Stadion Pod mohylou
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th minute Bernardo Novaes 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. 6 minutes into the game, Raphael Moore threw the ball into play from the sideline. Lex Academy's Fausto Castulo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 7th minute, Michal Pikl hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute, Cassius Byrne sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Lex Academy's Tomáš Houdek didn't even have to move. A sloppy throw-in by Raphael Moore in the 10th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Lex Academy's Fausto Castulo. The supporters of Lex Academy booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zach Harrison didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 18th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomáš Houdek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tomáš Houdek didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomáš Houdek having to interfere. Raphael Moore made in the 32nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Jenson Smith however managed to control. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 33rd minute of play forced Lex Academy's goalkeeper Tomáš Houdek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. In the 40th minute of the match Lex Academy got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Roman Jursa ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Roman Jursa almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tomáš Houdek prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 45th minute of play forced Lex Academy's goalkeeper Tomáš Houdek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Bernardo Novaes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bernardo Novaes was the one to do the kick off. Mojmír Houška kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bernardo Novaes went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Jenson Smith made in the 59th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Monty Rogers. 64 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tomáš Houdek, 1-2. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miloslav Krupička in the 67th minute of the match. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomáš Houdek having to interfere. After 75 minutes of play, Lex Academy's Bernardo Novaes made it 2-2 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! Lex Academy made a substitution. Leo Štengl replaced Fausto Castulo. When Bernardo Novaes came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Lex Academy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Bernardo Novaes couldn't finish the play. Khalid Parry sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lex Academy's attentive Lei Bin Yang managed to snatch the ball when Jenson Smith made a throw-in in the 85th minute of the game. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardo Novaes in the 86th minute of play. After having played for 88 minutes, Miloslav Krupička managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lex Academy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miloslav Krupička was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 90th minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomáš Houdek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 92nd minute of play forced Lex Academy's goalkeeper Tomáš Houdek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Tomáš Houdek managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when USA's Khalid Parry fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. USA were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.