Challenge

Sävedalen
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Sävedalen's Isaltino Durr played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 3rd minute of play. In the 6th minute, Sävedalen's Grzegorz Gdaniec 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. In the 9th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isaltino Durr saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isaltino Durr saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Isaltino Durr made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 17th minute of play. Marco Day was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Grzegorz Gdaniec showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 18 minute of play. After 22 played minutes Sävedalen got a freekick which was hit by Zlatan Mittman. Isaltino Durr took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sävedalen's Isaltino Durr played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute of play. Isaltino Durr 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 32nd minute. USA were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after Sävedalen's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grzegorz Gdaniec got free with Marco Day in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zach Harrison took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Isaltino Durr. Isaltino Durr dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Sävedalen's attentive Per Mårtensson managed to snatch the ball when Raphael Moore made a throw-in in the 44th minute of the game. 46 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Grzegorz Gdaniec came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Grzegorz Gdaniec was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Sävedalen's Isaltino Durr got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. 55 minutes into the match, Grzegorz Gdaniec notched a goal, 3-1, 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. Sävedalen made a substitution. Davut İkram replaced Eliseu Fernandez. In the 64th minute, Cassius Byrne 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: 3-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Isaltino Durr in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the last second Isaltino Durr throw himself and got hold of the ball when Cassius Byrne in the 69thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cassius Byrne in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Isaltino Durr saved Sävedalen from getting behind. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sävedalen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Monty Rogers was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. After 73 minutes Sävedalen's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Monty Rogers who took care of the corner kick. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Monty Rogers in the 74th minute. The corner led USA's Jacob May to fire away a dangerous shot which Isaltino Durr despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Junior Junior sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 80 minutes into the match, Sävedalen's goalkeeper Isaltino Durr had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marco Baker. Isaltino Durr showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 81st minute of the match. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Isaltino Durr made a huge save. In the 86th minute Junior Junior 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 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Junior Junior in the 90th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Junior Junior's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. In the 94th minute of the match Sävedalen 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. Tommy Butcher ran over to the corner to take the kick. Tommy Butcher made a great header on Sävedalen's corner, it was just that USA's Marco Day managed to reach the ball for a save.