Challenge

Queen Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dušan Vlahović kicked off to start the match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dušan Vlahović, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Long Liang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 8th minute of play. Monty Rogers took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Long Liang. Long Liang 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. Monty Rogers struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Long Liang didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. The audience thought a goal was coming when Manuel Isăilă got free with Marco Day in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Long Liang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 22nd minute of play. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Long Liang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 24th minute of play. Alex Eugen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cassius Byrne took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Long Liang. Long Liang dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dušan Vlahović, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute of the match ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ 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. Rafael Rusi ran over to the corner to take the kick. Edward Mcdonald charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edward Mcdonald the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 43rd minute, Edward Mcdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute, Manuel Isăilă 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 2-2.

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 Monty Rogers in the 51st minute of play forced ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalkeeper Long Liang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 52 minutes into the match, Manuel Isăilă had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Manuel Isăilă was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. 56 minutes into the match, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalkeeper Long Liang had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dušan Vlahović in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Isăilă in the 59th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Edward Mcdonald kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Long Liang. That made the score 3-3 in the 61 minute of play. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s attentive Hannes Forsberg managed to snatch the ball when Jacob May made a throw-in in the 70th minute of the game. In the 71st minute Mihai Tâbârnă 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. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalkeeper Long Liang, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 82nd minute, Rafael Rusi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jenson Smith in the 88th minute. Jacob May was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Mihai Tâbârnă's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Marco Day - 4-3 was put on the score board in the 92nd minute. Many of USA's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. USA may have spent more time on the ball, but ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.