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. MengãOShowS - FDFDF's Jose Mourinho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save MengãOShowS - FDFDF from getting a goal against them. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Mutu in the 4th minute of play. After 6 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kang Xing who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Tony Albuquerque got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Monty Rogers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Jose Mourinho made a huge save. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Jose Mourinho made a huge save. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Mutu in the 17th minute of play. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Jose Mourinho 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 Frank Arruda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zach Harrison got free with Jose Mourinho in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 22 minutes into the game, USA's Zach Harrison nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jose Mourinho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 龚明潮, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Mcdonald was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jose Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 34 minutes into the match, MengãOShowS - FDFDF's goalkeeper Jose Mourinho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. Jose Mourinho was out of position in the 36 minute of play, and Edward Mcdonald capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Edward Mcdonald really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. 39 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of MengãOShowS - FDFDF's Jose Mourinho. Jose Mourinho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, MengãOShowS - FDFDF's Jose Mourinho got control of the ball when Jacob May tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jose Mourinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 45th minute of the match. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Arruda in the 46th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Arruda stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Fabian Brown. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adrian Mutu in the 55th minute. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 60th minute of the match MengãOShowS - FDFDF 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. Kang Xing ran over to the corner to take the kick. Per-Olof Sigfridsson made a great header on MengãOShowS - FDFDF's corner, it was just that USA's Marco Day managed to reach the ball for a save. MengãOShowS - FDFDF's attack was well implemented in the 64th minute, but when Adrian Mutu was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. 67 minutes into the match, MengãOShowS - FDFDF's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Jose Mourinho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jose Mourinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacob May in the 69th minute of the match. Adrian Mutu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 81 minutes, Frank Arruda made it 3-2 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. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. In the 91st minute, Tony Albuquerque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. USA's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.