Challenge

Field of Dreams
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) USA's Monty Rogers pulled a muscle in his leg after 6 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 6 minutes, Isidro Garin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fractal FC and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Monty Rogers. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 5th minute of the game. One of Fractal FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of USA:s goal. Bartosz Ziemniak had in the 8thth minute some difficulties stopping Cassius Byrne's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Bartosz Ziemniak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacob May in the 9th minute of the match. Bartosz Ziemniak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 12th minute of the match. Bartosz Ziemniak stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cassius Byrne's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. Bartosz Ziemniak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Baker in the 16th minute of the match. USA were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after Fractal FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. If Fernan Ler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 20 minutes into the match, Fractal FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Bartosz Ziemniak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernan Ler in the 22nd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bartosz Ziemniak was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fernan Ler in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Fractal FC's Bartosz Ziemniak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Baker in the 39th minute of play. 48 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rolando Misael. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fernan Ler made a kick off. Fractal FC's Bartosz Ziemniak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Baker in the 55th minute of play. Arturo Lorien hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Bartosz Ziemniak made a huge save. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Bartosz Ziemniak made a huge save. In the 64th minute, Marco Baker ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bartosz Ziemniak was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Bartosz Ziemniak made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Edward Mcdonald hit a great ball. In the 73rd minute Marco Baker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartosz Ziemniak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Ramiro Montae's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. 77 minutes into the match, Fractal FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Baker came free, but Bartosz Ziemniak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Baker in the 80th minute of play forced Fractal FC's goalkeeper Bartosz Ziemniak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rolando Misael fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Ramiro Montae fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. After having played for 89 minutes, Sam Campbell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sam Campbell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 94th minute, Edward Mcdonald reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bartosz Ziemniak. The goal made the score 0-3. The Fractal FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.