Challenge

Bebbanburg Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. 9 minutes into the match, Sajones F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Pastor Frantzes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA were awarded a corner in the 10th minute after Sajones F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. The corner led to USA's Jenson Smith getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 11th 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. Pastor Frantzes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 12th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Sajones F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Pastor Frantzes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 22nd minute of play forced Sajones F.C.'s goalkeeper Pastor Frantzes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pastor Frantzes was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. A throw-in in the 27th minute of the game was made by Diego Bradley with Jenson Smith as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Pastor Frantzes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute of play. Pastor Frantzes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 32nd minute of the match. Diego Bradley got a throw-in 33 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Monty Rogers. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Isaias Sazon's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fidel Macerio was slow to take the kick. During this time Sajones F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. Sajones F.C.'s Fidel Macerio was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marco Day in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 42 minutes into the game Fidel Macerio took the chance and shot a long shot on goal. In spite of Marco Day awareness of the shot he didn't succeed to stop the ball, and watched as it rolled inside the left pole. 1-1. If Isaias Sazon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isaias Sazon in the 46th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Isaias Sazon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Ermegildo Quilo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sajones F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Ermegildo Quilo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Monty Rogers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pastor Frantzes was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Pastor Frantzes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 56th minute of play. 56 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Pastor Frantzes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sajones F.C. made a substitution. Hugo Raitin replaced Isaias Sazon. In the 61st minute of the match Ermegildo Quilo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marco Day skillfully saved the ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Raitin, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Sajones F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hugo Raitin in the 69th minute. 74 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Sajones F.C.'s Pastor Frantzes. Pastor Frantzes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Sajones F.C. getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Conrad Airpoel hit a great ball. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. In the 79th match minute, Sajones F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Conrad Airpoel to maneuver through the defense. Marco Baker recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Raitin in the 85th minute of play. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hugo Raitin went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. In the 89th minute, Hugo Raitin made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. With a little luck, Sajones F.C.'s Pastor Frantzes got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. USA were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.