Challenge

Beeker Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Beek City defense, Cassius Byrne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arian Beqaj. The Beek City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arian Beqaj should have stopped the shot. Arian Beqaj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 8th minute of the match. When Rueben Rashleigh came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Beek City 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 Rueben Rashleigh couldn't finish the play. In the 12th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arian Beqaj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arian Beqaj was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rueben Rashleigh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21st minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arian Beqaj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Beek City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gustav Siöman in the 25th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 26th minute of play forced Beek City's goalkeeper Arian Beqaj to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arian Beqaj didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Monty Rogers scored 0-4 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arian Beqaj, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 36th minute, Cassius Byrne made a precise shot to the right of Arian Beqaj. Beek City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arian Beqaj having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Rueben Rashleigh stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Rueben Rashleigh tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 47th minute, Rueben Rashleigh got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The Beek City players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. USA were winning 0-5.

With his leg Arian Beqaj managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when USA's Cassius Byrne fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rueben Rashleigh in the 54th minute of play. Arian Beqaj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 57th minute of the match. Rueben Rashleigh blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Josef Valkenaers in the 64th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute Josef Valkenaers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rueben Rashleigh, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Rueben Rashleigh took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Day. Marco Day dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. Diego Bradley made in the 73rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Beek City's Taha Bilgiç. The supporters of Beek City booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Bradley didn't get a good kick on the ball. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. After 78 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Diego Bradley. 81 minutes into the game, Rueben Rashleigh cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Arian Beqaj made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. Khalid Parry received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arian Beqaj came out and tried to block the shot, but Khalid Parry slotted it home off the left post making it 2-6 in the 94th minute. USA's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.