Challenge

Георги Бенковски
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassius Byrne took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Aleks Vaskov sent off a good shot on target. Ni Guang Yong came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Cassius Byrne. But to his dismay, Cassius Byrne quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Бенковски Тетевен's Ni Guang Yong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 8th minute of play. Ni Guang Yong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 10th minute of the match. Ni Guang Yong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wagn Rosenvig kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Ni Guang Yong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 24th minute of play. Бенковски Тетевен's Ni Guang Yong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 28th minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adalbert Marenski in the 29th minute of play. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Cassius Byrne took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ni Guang Yong. Ni Guang Yong dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After 39 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ni Guang Yong was left in no man's land by his defense there! 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Francisc Turcu was slow to take the kick. During this time Бенковски Тетевен's players had a chance to rest. In the 45th match minute, Бенковски Тетевен was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wagn Rosenvig to maneuver through the defense. After the first half USA were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aleks Vaskov to make the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Raphael Moore in the 58th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Бенковски Тетевен's Traian Delas. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisc Turcu in the 60th minute of play. In the 61st minute of the match Бенковски Тетевен 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. Francisc Turcu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ni Guang Yong made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. 67 minutes into the match, Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper Ni Guang Yong had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisc Turcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. When Бенковски Тетевен's Aleks Vaskov in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Aleks Vaskov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. The supporters of USA booed when Бенковски Тетевен was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adalbert Marenski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Бенковски Тетевен's Dido Dunchev quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Raphael Moore, made in the 86th minute of the game. 95 minutes into the match, Бенковски Тетевен's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but Ni Guang Yong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.