Challenge

EL NATIONAL
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) William Westelinx started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. FC Ouagadougou National's Rene Vereijt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 2nd minute of play. 4 minutes into the match, William Westelinx dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marco Day, 1-0. USA were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after FC Ouagadougou National's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hamza Yavaş in the 15th minute. In the 16th minute of the match FC Ouagadougou National got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hamza Yavaş ran over to the corner to take the kick. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by William Westelinx in the 23rd minute. Rene Vereijt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 25th minute of play. In the 31st minute, William Westelinx 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 2-0. 34 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of FC Ouagadougou National's Rene Vereijt. Rene Vereijt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd rose to their feet as William Westelinx kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marco Day. That made the score 3-1 in the 37 minute of play. Rene Vereijt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 42nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 46th minute of play forced FC Ouagadougou National's goalkeeper Rene Vereijt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, FC Ouagadougou National's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Rene Vereijt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rene Vereijt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. William Westelinx sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by William Westelinx in the 55th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 played minutes USA's Monty Rogers stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Rene Vereijt stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing FC Ouagadougou National of the goal. In the 64th minute William Westelinx 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 William Westelinx in the 69th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when USA's Monty Rogers in the 71st minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Rene Vereijt was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for FC Ouagadougou National through an amazing save. The corner ended in Diego Bradley almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Ouagadougou National's Rene Vereijt did a great save. FC Ouagadougou National's Rene Vereijt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jenson Smith in the 77th minute of play. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Marco Baker who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 81stth minute tested the skills of Rene Vereijt when he managed to save the team from getting behind. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jedrzej Kiszkiel in the 83rd minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, FC Ouagadougou National's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but Rene Vereijt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because FC Ouagadougou National had won, even though USA had held more of the ball.