Challenge

Stadio Ennio Tardini
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) USA's Cassius Byrne started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of USA booed when Chinese CJ Youth Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Su Jian Jie didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Jacob May had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Günther Doty sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Günther Doty in the 7th minute of play. David Abad 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 10th minute. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Cassius Byrne fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and David Abad quite easily take care of the ball. When USA's Diego Bradley in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Günther Doty in the 16th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacob May in the 20th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20thth minute of the game Jacob May who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. David Abad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. David Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 24th minute of the match. Günther Doty blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Günther Doty in the 27th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Günther Doty in the 27th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. David Abad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Günther Doty blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Günther Doty in the 38th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cassius Byrne in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Abad saved Chinese CJ Youth Academy from getting behind. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of play. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Jenson Smith hit a great ball. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Günther Doty, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Chinese CJ Youth Academy made a substitution. Tytus Orling replaced Lucjan Falkiewicz. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Günther Doty made a kick off. Long Xiang Yuan kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 56th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 66th minute of play. David Abad made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 68th minute. David Abad stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cassius Byrne's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. In the 71st minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Abad made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 74th minute. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Günther Doty in the 75th minute of play. In the 80th minute, USA's Jacob May dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-1. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. The audience was convinced that Sam Campbell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Abad was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. David Abad was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Sam Campbell capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sam Campbell really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. 92 minutes into the match, Sam Campbell dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of David Abad, 0-3. 95 minutes into the match, Sam Campbell notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad. David Abad was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. USA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.