Challenge

The Colosseum
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. After 2 minutes, Afonsinho Fernandes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GARGOYLES and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of USA booed when GARGOYLES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Afonsinho Fernandes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Valko Nanyov struck a weak shot in the 4th 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 GARGOYLES. The supporters of USA booed when GARGOYLES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Afonsinho Fernandes didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 14th minute of play forced GARGOYLES's goalkeeper Nayden Vúlev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute Ignacio Alvarez 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Alvarez in the 19th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. GARGOYLES's Valko Nanyov got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the GARGOYLES defense, Cassius Byrne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nayden Vúlev. The GARGOYLES fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nayden Vúlev should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cassius Byrne in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nayden Vúlev saved GARGOYLES from getting behind. In the 30thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GARGOYLES's Nayden Vúlev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Valko Nanyov notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ignacio Alvarez's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Fabian Brown hit a great ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ignacio Alvarez to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute of the match, Monty Rogers tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Nayden Vúlev saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Nayden Vúlev 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 61st minute. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valko Nanyov, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. 64 minutes into the match, GARGOYLES's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Nayden Vúlev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. GARGOYLES's Nayden Vúlev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save GARGOYLES from getting a goal against them. Cassius Byrne's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nayden Vúlev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valko Nanyov in the 74th minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Ignacio Alvarez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valko Nanyov in the 80th minute of the match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Alvarez, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After a rather tough play, GARGOYLES's Antoni Proshev got a free kick in the 89th minute. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Nayden Vúlev made a huge save. Sam Campbell in the 91stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Nayden Vúlev, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Nayden Vúlev made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. In the 95th minute of the match USA got a corner. GARGOYLES's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jenson Smith ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Jenson Smith got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nayden Vúlev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. GARGOYLES were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of USA for a fine match.