Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. 5 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. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Segelbut IF U21's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Jenson Smith got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cornel Luncaniță quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 10th minute Alf Ekelund 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 Edward Mcdonald in the 12th 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 13thth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Segelbut IF U21's Cornel Luncaniță was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marcelo Munio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Marcelo Munio fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Segelbut IF U21's protests and gave Marcelo Munio a yellow card for diving instead. Monty Rogers's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cornel Luncaniță read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. When Segelbut IF U21's Alf Ekelund in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. Cornel Luncaniță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zach Harrison in the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th match minute, Segelbut IF U21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zhuang Jian Yi to maneuver through the defense. 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 29th minute. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelo Munio in the 30th minute of play. When Segelbut IF U21's Marcelo Munio in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Marcelo Munio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Marcelo Munio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Monty Rogers took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Cornel Luncaniță to make any attempt to save it. Cornel Luncaniță stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. After a rather tough play, USA's Fabian Brown got a free kick in the 45th minute. After 47 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Cassius Byrne. In the 48th minute of the match Christoffer Josefsson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marco Day skillfully saved the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Alf Ekelund made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alf Ekelund got free with Marco Day in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Alf Ekelund tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcelo Munio in the 65th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 66th minute of play forced Segelbut IF U21's goalkeeper Cornel Luncaniță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cornel Luncaniță didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Mcdonald went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Cornel Luncaniță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 74th minute of the match. When USA's Sam Campbell in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Segelbut IF U21's goalie prevented a goal. Henric Alefors hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. The supporters of USA booed when Segelbut IF U21 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henric Alefors didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81stth minute of the game Sam Campbell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Segelbut IF U21's Cornel Luncaniță was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 86th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Koby Fletcher to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th minute of the match Christoffer Josefsson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marco Day skillfully saved the ball. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zhuang Jian Yi in the 91st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfons Öberg in the 96th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that USA were the better team. USA's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.