Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassius Byrne took the kick off in the first half of the match. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dino Foni having to interfere. In the 9th minute of the match 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★ 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. Ndoc Amokachi ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★'s Ndoc Amokachi to fire away a dangerous shot which Marco Day despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Dino Foni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dobromir Zbydniowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 18 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dino Foni. 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dobromir Zbydniowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dobromir Zbydniowski in the 22nd minute of play. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dino Foni was a little too slow when Cassius Byrne got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 2-0. Dino Foni came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Monty Rogers. But to his dismay, Monty Rogers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Dino Foni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 45 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Dobromir Zbydniowski came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cristiano Graziano was the one to do the kick off. With an all-out effort, 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★'s Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 51 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cristiano Graziano, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Luis Alberto Suárez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dino Foni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 54th minute of the match. In the 56th minute, USA's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ndoc Amokachi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Luis Alberto Suárez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ndoc Amokachi in the 64th minute. 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★'s Ndoc Amokachi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marco Day in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★ made a substitution. 许博翔 replaced 柳西冰. In the 71st minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dino Foni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Dobromir Zbydniowski came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★ 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 Dobromir Zbydniowski couldn't finish the play. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zygmunt Percha went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Dino Foni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sam Campbell, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sam Campbell in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dino Foni saved 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★ from getting behind. Dino Foni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Baker in the 86th minute of play. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Luis Alberto Suárez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dobromir Zbydniowski in the 90th minute of the match. When Koby Fletcher fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored USA's protests and gave Koby Fletcher a yellow card for diving instead. Koby Fletcher kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. After 92 played minutes 【AC】★御剑堂★★★画本霞浦⭐千鲜之城★★ got a freekick which was hit by Dobromir Zbydniowski. The audience was convinced that Sam Campbell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dino Foni was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. In the 96th minute, Dobromir Zbydniowski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marco Day. The goal made the score 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. USA had won after a very even match.