Challenge

Colossus Popolizio
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) 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. Hermann Hesse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Torbjørn Trondsen in the 12th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bartolo Basualdo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marco Day came out and tried to block the shot, but Bartolo Basualdo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 17th minute. Hermann Hesse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 21st minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cris Ronaldo in the 23rd minute of play. After 23 minutes of play, Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Cris Ronaldo made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Torbjørn Trondsen in the 29th 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 brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Torbjørn Trondsen in the 30th minute of the match. Bartolo Basualdo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Torbjørn Trondsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Torbjørn Trondsen in the 37th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bartolo Basualdo to make the kick off. In the 60th minute of the match USA got a corner. Deportivo Popolizio FBC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Jenson Smith got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hermann Hesse quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Edward Mcdonald fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hermann Hesse having to interfere. Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Tibor Nyilasi was substituted for Bartolo Basualdo. Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Erruki Velarroa was substituted for Torbjørn Trondsen. Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Gaizkine Ibern was substituted for Nils Gielis. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Raphael Moore made in the 71st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Geir Søfteland. Geir Søfteland hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Deportivo Popolizio FBC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Edward Mcdonald scored to the left of an out of position Hermann Hesse, making the score, 2-2. The supporters of USA booed when Deportivo Popolizio FBC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Niklas Hägglund didn't get a good kick on the ball. USA's Jenson Smith got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hermann Hesse was a little too slow when Khalid Parry got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 88th minute. The score was now 2-3. Hermann Hesse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 94th minute of play. USA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.