Challenge

Bebbanburg Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Isaias Sazon started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in Sajones F.C.'s zone, Edward Mcdonald stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pastor Frantzes came out of the goal and Edward Mcdonald tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 12th play minute Isaias Sazon came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Marco Day. 1-0. Isaias Sazon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19th minute, Isaias Sazon 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. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isaias Sazon in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 24th minute Sajones F.C. were awarded a corner. Fidel Macerio went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Mo Feng Xiang almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. Fidel Macerio's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marco Day firmly grabbed it by the left post. Sajones F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fidel Macerio in the 32nd minute. In the 33rd minute Sajones F.C. were awarded a corner. Fidel Macerio went to the cornerflag to take it. Isaias Sazon took the ball and in the 37 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 2-0. 41 minutes into the match, Sajones F.C.'s Isaias Sazon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Sajones F.C.'s goalkeeper Pastor Frantzes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. In the 53rd minute, Mo Feng Xiang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Cassius Byrne managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Cassius Byrne was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pastor Frantzes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ermegildo Quilo in the 57th minute of the match. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isaias Sazon in the 61st minute of play. Diego Bradley made in the 64th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Monty Rogers. If Hugo Raitin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugo Raitin in the 73rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Sajones F.C.'s Hugo Raitin. But to his dismay, Hugo Raitin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Sajones F.C.'s Rucha Dupak was substituted for Halil Niğdeli. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. 85 minutes into the match, Sajones F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Pastor Frantzes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Khalid Parry kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pastor Frantzes. That made the score 3-1 in the 88 minute of play. The Sajones F.C. players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.