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A.N.E. Stadium
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Venancio Salvino started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, USA's Monty Rogers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 张常阳 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Venancio Salvino might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Venancio Salvino ran back to his position shaking his head. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Monty Rogers in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 张常阳 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 11 minutes, Monty Rogers made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's 张常阳 tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 16th minute, Diego Bradley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 张常阳 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 18th minute of play. 张常阳 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 21st minute of play forced ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's goalkeeper 张常阳 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 张常阳 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 21st minute of play. Venancio Salvino scored 1-2 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Day, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Venancio Salvino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Salvino in the 28th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Venancio Salvino, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Wen Qing Bo took the corner. 36 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Fu Ang Xi came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Venancio Salvino tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 43 minutes of play, USA's Cassius Byrne made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 张常阳 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jufran Van Landschoot blasted a shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. After the first half USA were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Venancio Salvino went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Koby Fletcher hit a great ball. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's 张常阳 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 63rd minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but 张常阳 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute of the match, Jenson Smith tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but 张常阳 saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ made a substitution. Damaso Cordero replaced Albano Henric. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's Zhuo Guang Xing was substituted for Wen Qing Bo. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. 74 minutes in the game Fréderic Gremion did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Venancio Salvino. In the 83rd minute, USA's Sam Campbell dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-4. 93 minutes into the match, ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's Venancio Salvino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ throughout the match.