Challenge

Bebbanburg Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Isaias Sazon started the match with the kick off. Pastor Frantzes 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 3rd minute. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isaias Sazon in the 7th minute. The supporters of USA booed when Sajones F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mo Feng Xiang didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sajones F.C.'s Pastor Frantzes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute, Diego Bradley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pastor Frantzes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 19th minute of play. Pastor Frantzes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pastor Frantzes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 31st minute. A very nice done corner allowed Cassius Byrne to score against Pastor Frantzes in Sajones F.C.'s goal. 0-1 after 32 minutes. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isaias Sazon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute of the match Sajones F.C. 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. Fidel Macerio ran over to the corner to take the kick. Fidel Macerio made a great header on Sajones F.C.'s corner, it was just that USA's Marco Day managed to reach the ball for a save. Pastor Frantzes 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 40th minute. Pastor Frantzes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. Sajones F.C.'s Pastor Frantzes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Sajones F.C. from getting a goal against them. Edward Mcdonald let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 51st minute shot 0-3 at rihgt post. When USA's Monty Rogers in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sajones F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 57th minute, Roger Junior hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pastor Frantzes made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugo Raitin in the 64th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 65 minutes, Pastor Frantzes successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Pastor Frantzes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 68th minute of the match, Cassius Byrne tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Pastor Frantzes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Sajones F.C.'s Pastor Frantzes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 69th minute of play. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 72nd 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. Sajones F.C.'s Conrad Airpoel was substituted for Roger Junior. The crowd rose to their feet as Sam Campbell kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pastor Frantzes. That made the score 0-4 in the 77 minute of play. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. After 90 minutes of play, USA's Marco Baker made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pastor Frantzes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pastor Frantzes was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Khalid Parry capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Khalid Parry really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. The Sajones F.C. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.