Challenge

ZELAZNE W LASKU
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roberto Lewandowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Oscar Giraldo who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 2ndth minute tested the skills of Marco Day when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 5th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Grondzki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sylwester Klimkiewicz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. In the 7th match minute, SMOCZANKA MIELEC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cezary Chrzan to maneuver through the defense. Roch Grondzki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 13th minute of play. After 17 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cezary Chrzan who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on SMOCZANKA MIELEC's corner Cezary Chrzan fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. In the 19th minute, SMOCZANKA MIELEC's Roberto Lewandowski ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marco Day. Marco Day yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Roch Grondzki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 22nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the SMOCZANKA MIELEC defense, Cassius Byrne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roch Grondzki. The SMOCZANKA MIELEC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roch Grondzki should have stopped the shot. Roch Grondzki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 27th minute of the match. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Roberto Lewandowski sent off a good shot on target. Roberto Lewandowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 41 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Cassius Byrne. In the 41st minute, Roberto Lewandowski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Jacinto Pinto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 47 minutes into the match, Roberto Lewandowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roberto Lewandowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. With a little luck, SMOCZANKA MIELEC's Roch Grondzki got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Monty Rogers took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Roch Grondzki to make any attempt to save it. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Lewandowski in the 63rd minute of play. Sylwester Klimkiewicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Lewandowski in the 83rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roberto Lewandowski in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Roch Grondzki in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jacinto Pinto charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jacinto Pinto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th match minute, SMOCZANKA MIELEC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacinto Pinto to maneuver through the defense. Sam Campbell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Despite being the better team, USA failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.