Challenge

Anxo Carro
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Du Yuan Chao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 4 minutes into the match, LVCVS AVGVSTI's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Rosario Escarza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot 7 in the game by Du Yuan Chao from a close distance when the talented Marco Day managed to make a qualified save. USA's players were relieved. Du Yuan Chao could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronny Skytt in the 18th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Edward Mcdonald had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rosario Escarza. LVCVS AVGVSTI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edward Mcdonald was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 25 minutes into the match, LVCVS AVGVSTI's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Rosario Escarza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LVCVS AVGVSTI's Rosario Escarza was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 26 minutes, Cassius Byrne made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. LVCVS AVGVSTI's Rosario Escarza tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. LVCVS AVGVSTI's Du Yuan Chao got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rosario Escarza. LVCVS AVGVSTI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Rosario Escarza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 39th 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 Ronny Skytt in the 40th minute of play. Cassius Byrne recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Fabian Brown hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Du Yuan Chao was the one to do the kick off. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Rosario Escarza made a huge save. LVCVS AVGVSTI's Rosario Escarza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 52nd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Du Yuan Chao came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the USA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Monty Rogers couldn't finish the play. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Du Yuan Chao in the 57th minute of play. LVCVS AVGVSTI's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Venancio Olayo in the 58th minute. Rosario Escarza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 59th minute of the match. Rosario Escarza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. LVCVS AVGVSTI's Wu Xiong Xuan was substituted for Ferdinand Agachi. Monty Rogers blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rosario Escarza having to make a save. 78 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of LVCVS AVGVSTI's Rosario Escarza. Rosario Escarza was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. If Sam Campbell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zef Zoff in the 86th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jenson Smith to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of LVCVS AVGVSTI booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sam Campbell didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zef Zoff in the 93rd minute of play. The LVCVS AVGVSTI fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.