Challenge

Estadio DTB
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 5thth minute of the game Edward Mcdonald who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DREAM TEAM WORLD's Lu Zhen Sheng was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of DREAM TEAM WORLD's Lu Zhen Sheng. Lu Zhen Sheng was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Andrzej Zapolski took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Marco Day to make any attempt to save it. Andrzej Zapolski scored 2-1 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Day, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 18th minute. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Cassius Byrne fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lu Zhen Sheng quite easily take care of the ball. Lu Zhen Sheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 24 minutes of play, USA's Cassius Byrne made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lu Zhen Sheng was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lu Zhen Sheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 31st minute of play forced DREAM TEAM WORLD's goalkeeper Lu Zhen Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Betinho de Queirós managed to get in a good position for a shot. DREAM TEAM WORLD's supporters rose to their feet, but Betinho de Queirós was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Andrzej Zapolski came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the DREAM TEAM WORLD fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Andrzej Zapolski couldn't finish the play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Andrzej Zapolski made the kick off in the second half. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by DREAM TEAM WORLD's Andrzej Zapolski. But to his dismay, Andrzej Zapolski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Lu Zhen Sheng was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cassius Byrne showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-3 in the 57 minute of play. Lu Zhen Sheng 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 63rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Lu Zhen Sheng in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lu Zhen Sheng didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. DREAM TEAM WORLD's Zachariasz Psotka was substituted for Betinho de Queirós. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zachariasz Psotka in the 85th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, DREAM TEAM WORLD's Charlie Grantham got a free kick in the 86th minute. Khalid Parry sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Koča Kafarov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. When Armando Nevada fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DREAM TEAM WORLD's protests and gave Armando Nevada a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of USA booed when DREAM TEAM WORLD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Armando Nevada didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jenson Smith took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lu Zhen Sheng. DREAM TEAM WORLD's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Jon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The DREAM TEAM WORLD fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.