Challenge

Silesia Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alvise Di Crescenzo got the match started through his kick off. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saturnino Nafarroa, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute Alvise Di Crescenzo 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. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cezary Duda in the 6th minute. After 7 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cezary Duda who took care of the corner kick. Edmund Konopka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cezary Duda in the 12th minute of play. Edmund Konopka 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 14th minute. ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Edmund Konopka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 16th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Edmund Konopka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Edmund Konopka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edmund Konopka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 30th minute of the match. ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Edmund Konopka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 34th minute of play. In the 35th minute, Monty Rogers left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Edmund Konopka 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 42nd minute. 45 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Marcin Baszczyński came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Saturnino Nafarroa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Edmund Konopka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 51st minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvise Di Crescenzo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edmund Konopka made an important save on a dangerous shot by Monty Rogers in the 56th minute. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Saturnino Nafarroa. But to his dismay, Saturnino Nafarroa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Edmund Konopka made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 65th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cezary Duda in the 66th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Ewald Cebula hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. The supporters of USA booed when ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ewald Cebula didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edmund Konopka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edmund Konopka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 69th minute of play. In the 72nd minute of the match, Monty Rogers tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Edmund Konopka saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 74th minute Cezary Duda 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. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. In the 83rd minute, Sam Campbell fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Edmund Konopka, passed just outside the right post. ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Edmund Konopka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 86th minute of play. ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Edmund Konopka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™ from getting a goal against them. ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Edmund Konopka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 91st minute of play. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™.