Challenge

Bebbanburg Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Isaias Sazon took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pastor Frantzes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 6th minute of the match. After 7 minutes of play, Sajones F.C.'s Isaias Sazon made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fidel Macerio kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute of the match USA got a corner. Sajones F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Diego Bradley fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pastor Frantzes quite easily take care of the ball. Sajones F.C.'s Isaias Sazon got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Pastor Frantzes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pastor Frantzes having to interfere. A nice corner shot did that Fidel Macerio got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Cassius Byrne came up free with the goalie in the 25th 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 Cassius Byrne couldn't finish the play. Sajones F.C.'s Eliseo Claude was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marco Day in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Pastor Frantzes 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 31st minute. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pastor Frantzes was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Sajones F.C.'s Pastor Frantzes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 36th minute of play. Pastor Frantzes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

A collision led to Sajones F.C. getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Ermegildo Quilo hit a great ball. Sajones F.C.'s Fidel Macerio managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Diego Bradley in the 57 minute of the game. 58 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Hugo Raitin came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 59 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hugo Raitin who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Sajones F.C.'s Roger Junior getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 63rd 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. Eliseo Claude struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Marco Day didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sajones F.C.. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. In the 70th match minute, Sajones F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mo Feng Xiang to maneuver through the defense. Sajones F.C. made a substitution. Rucha Dupak replaced Halil Niğdeli. After a rather tough play, Sajones F.C.'s Mo Feng Xiang got a free kick in the 71st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Hugo Raitin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sajones F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Hugo Raitin 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. 77 minutes into the match, Sam Campbell had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pastor Frantzes. Sajones F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sam Campbell was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 83rd minute, Hugo Raitin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sajones F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hugo Raitin in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Jakub Kiwior kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Sajones F.C. were victorious despite being under pressure from USA for much of the match.