Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dráuzio Pontes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dráuzio Pontes in the 3rd minute of play. Falconara Albanese were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Esteve Garin took the corner. The corner ended in Anier Omero almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. After some careless play in the Falconara Albanese defense, Cassius Byrne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arne Grabner. The Falconara Albanese fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arne Grabner should have stopped the shot. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dráuzio Pontes in the 14th minute of play. Monty Rogers succeeded in the game's 15th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Arne Grabner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dráuzio Pontes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. In the 23rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arne Grabner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Falconara Albanese's Arne Grabner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 25th minute of play. Arne Grabner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 27th minute of the match. Diego Bradley made in the 31st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jenson Smith. Falconara Albanese's Wawrzyniec Knopek quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Diego Bradley, made in the 34th minute of the game. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dráuzio Pontes in the 35th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 39 minutes, Arne Grabner successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 40th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Jacob May fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arne Grabner quite easily take care of the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Dráuzio Pontes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Falconara Albanese's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dráuzio Pontes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arne Grabner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 55th minute of the match. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Arne Grabner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Dráuzio Pontes sent off a good shot on target. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Falconara Albanese's goalkeeper Arne Grabner, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dráuzio Pontes in the 64th minute. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Monty Rogers put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Arne Grabner. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Falconara Albanese's Honorio Firman was substituted for Anier Omero. 78 minutes into the match, Falconara Albanese's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Arne Grabner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arsenio Eufrasio hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 81st minute, Khalid Parry 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: 4-1. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. USA fully deserved thier win.