Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alf Ekelund kicked off to start the match. Rickard Lind charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rickard Lind the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 3 played minutes Segelbut IF U21 got a freekick which was hit by Rickard Lind. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alf Ekelund, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute, Alf Ekelund 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. 13 minutes into the match, Segelbut IF U21's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Cornel Luncaniță reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Mcdonald got free with Cornel Luncaniță in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 23rd minute of play forced Segelbut IF U21's goalkeeper Cornel Luncaniță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacob May hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Christoffer Josefsson took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 28th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marco Day. USA's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Cornel Luncaniță was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Cassius Byrne capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cassius Byrne really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Cornel Luncaniță in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The corner ended in Cassius Byrne almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Segelbut IF U21's Cornel Luncaniță did a great save. 40 minutes into the match, Segelbut IF U21's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Cornel Luncaniță reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alf Ekelund in the 44th minute of play. Segelbut IF U21's Zhuang Jian Yi got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alf Ekelund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cornel Luncaniță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 54th minute of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhuang Jian Yi in the 60th minute of the match. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henric Alefors, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Younis Abo Al Hasan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Cornel Luncaniță 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 68th minute. Cornel Luncaniță 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 70th minute. Cornel Luncaniță 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 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 72nd minute of play forced Segelbut IF U21's goalkeeper Cornel Luncaniță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Alf Ekelund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Segelbut IF U21 made a substitution. Alfons Öberg replaced Alf Ekelund. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelo Munio in the 82nd minute of the match. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Christoffer Josefsson was slow to take the kick. During this time Segelbut IF U21's players had a chance to rest. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfons Öberg in the 89th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Segelbut IF U21's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Cornel Luncaniță reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 92nd minute of play forced Segelbut IF U21's goalkeeper Cornel Luncaniță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Segelbut IF U21's goalkeeper Cornel Luncaniță, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 94th minute of play forced Segelbut IF U21's goalkeeper Cornel Luncaniță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zhuang Jian Yi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. USA's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.