Challenge

Ilba Sports Center
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Victor Stan kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Jiang Bang Zhi got a free kick in the 5th minute. 12 minutes into the match, MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Jiang Bang Zhi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 12th minute, Jiang Bang Zhi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Stan in the 21st minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Stan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ were awarded a corner. Cacá Pirani went to the cornerflag to take it. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Domenec Torrent tried to sneak it across the goal line. Horea Botgros 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 30th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Victor Stan managed to get in a good position for a shot. MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s supporters rose to their feet, but Victor Stan 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. Horea Botgros 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 39th minute. After 47 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Jacob May. Jiang Bang Zhi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Domenec Torrent in the 52nd minute of the match. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domenec Torrent in the 55th minute of play. Horea Botgros 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 63rd minute. Jiang Bang Zhi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. 69 minutes into the match, MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Horea Botgros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domenec Torrent in the 71st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Peng Xi Bin notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Stan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Stan came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, Victor Stan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Victor Stan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jiang Bang Zhi in the 88th minute of play. In the 90th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horea Botgros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Horea Botgros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ from getting a goal against them. When the referee blew the final whistle, MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ could leave the field as winners, despite USA having more of the ball for most of the match.