Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, 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. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimiro Lauro in the 3rd minute of play. Vladimiro Lauro took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Day. Marco Day dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Vikingos FC's Sebastián Sosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 14th minute of play. 20 minutes in the game Diego Bradley did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Monty Rogers. 21 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimiro Lauro came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jacob May got free with Sebastián Sosa in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sebastián Sosa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 27th minute. 31 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimiro Lauro came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sebastián Sosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 37th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, Vikingos FC's Vladimiro Lauro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Per-Olof Vallmark was slow to take the kick. During this time Vikingos FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Vikingos FC's corner Marek Torm fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. After 40 minutes, Marek Torm made it 0-2 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. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marek Torm, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 45 minutes into the match, Vikingos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Sebastián Sosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vladimiro Lauro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Cassius Byrne 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. 59 minutes into the match, Vikingos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Sebastián Sosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vladimiro Lauro. Sebastián Sosa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Sebastián Sosa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Sebastián Sosa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. After having played for 77 minutes, Sam Campbell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sam Campbell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vikingos FC's Ladislao Erramu was substituted for Vladimiro Lauro. Vikingos FC made a substitution. Victor Abaurre replaced Roque Vito. Ladislao Erramu might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ladislao Erramu ran back to his position shaking his head. With an all-out effort, Vikingos FC's Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ladislao Erramu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 82 minutes into the game, USA's Sam Campbell nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sebastián Sosa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Sebastián Sosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 86th minute of play. In the 89th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Sosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sam Campbell's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sebastián Sosa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. Sebastián Sosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 95th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. USA fully deserved thier win.