Challenge

Arena Blanka
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, 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. Ion Dulgherescu started the match with the kick off. Franco Szczęsny stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cassius Byrne's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ion Dulgherescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 12th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Szczęsny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 13th minute, Andre Loodus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute Jenson Smith shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Szczęsny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franco Szczęsny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 17th minute of the match. The throw-in from Jenson Smith in the 22nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Lukasz Piekarczyk. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 27th minute of play forced BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Franco Szczęsny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Ion Dulgherescu got a free kick in the 28th minute. Franco Szczęsny took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Franco Szczęsny 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 34th minute. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The corner ended in Cassius Byrne almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Franco Szczęsny did a great save. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

USA's Cassius Byrne got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jenson Smith made in the 58th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Monty Rogers immediately put the ball in play. The audience was convinced that Ion Dulgherescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. A collision led to BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Lukasz Piekarczyk hit a great ball. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Miguel Pirani was substituted for Cristinel Inculeț. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Keno De Bruyne was substituted for Ion Dulgherescu. In the 65th minute, Lukasz Piekarczyk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Diego Bradley made in the 70th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Jenson Smith immediately put the ball in play. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andre Loodus, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Franco Szczęsny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 74th minute of the match. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Franco Szczęsny proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sam Campbell in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Franco Szczęsny saved BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- from getting behind. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. Khalid Parry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Franco Szczęsny having to interfere. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo de Souza in the 89th minute of play. Franco Szczęsny came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Khalid Parry. But to his dismay, Khalid Parry quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 95th minute, Lukasz Piekarczyk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.