Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ersen Bumba made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Jenson Smith ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlos Baptista was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 7th minute of the match, Ali Numan Afak tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marco Day saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 10th minute of play forced ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goalkeeper Carlos Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When USA's Monty Rogers in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goalie prevented a goal. Carlos Baptista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 15th minute of play. Ersen Bumba took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Day. Marco Day dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 21st match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raphael Moore to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Erdeniz Karadeniz hit a great ball. Carlos Baptista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 26th minute of play. In the 27th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carlos Baptista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ali Numan Afak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. In the 37th minute of the match ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ 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. Erdeniz Karadeniz ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Miroslaw Majorski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jenson Smith in the 44th minute of play forced ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goalkeeper Carlos Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 51st minute of play. Carlos Baptista 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 Ali Numan Afak in the 55th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cassius Byrne's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 64thth minute, Carlos Baptista skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 67thth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. In the 74th minute, Ali Numan Afak got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Numan Afak in the 83rd minute of play. Carlos Baptista 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 85th minute. Carlos Baptista made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Edward Mcdonald sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 90th minute of play forced ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goalkeeper Carlos Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 91st minute of play forced ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goalkeeper Carlos Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Carlos Baptista made a huge save. Carlos Baptista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 95th minute of play. After 95 minutes, Sam Campbell made it 2-3 with a short kick to the right side. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. The ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.