Challenge

ADIDAS Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Bachor, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 5th minute of the match Dinamita on Grass 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. Leandro Paredes ran over to the corner to take the kick. Dinamita on Grass's Leandro Paredes 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. Artur Bachor sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vito Castelao 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 19th minute. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the USA 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 Monty Rogers couldn't finish the play. In the 33rd minute, Artur Bachor made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. 37 minutes into the match, Dinamita on Grass's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Vito Castelao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diego Bradley got a throw-in 39 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Monty Rogers. After some careless play in the Dinamita on Grass defense, Edward Mcdonald kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vito Castelao. The Dinamita on Grass fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vito Castelao should have stopped the shot.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Artur Bachor stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 52nd minute of play forced Dinamita on Grass's goalkeeper Vito Castelao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dinamita on Grass's Artur Bachor got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dinamita on Grass's Mihnea Seremet was substituted for Leandro Paredes. Dinamita on Grass's Amat Serena was substituted for Artur Bachor. In the 65th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vito Castelao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Vito Castelao. Dinamita on Grass's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 72nd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vito Castelao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, Dinamita on Grass's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Vito Castelao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's Jenson Smith got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amat Serena in the 82nd minute of play. Vito Castelao was a little too slow when Khalid Parry got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihnea Seremet in the 89th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Sam Campbell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mihnea Seremet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. USA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.