Challenge

Pikachuzim Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Hristofor Borchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 10th minute of play forced AS Pikachuzim's goalkeeper Hristofor Borchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 14th minute of play forced AS Pikachuzim's goalkeeper Hristofor Borchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17th minute AS Pikachuzim were awarded a corner. Santos Rallo went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 17th match minute, AS Pikachuzim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Max Möllgren to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Ronaldinho Fenomeno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldinho Fenomeno in the 22nd minute of the match. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Ronaldinho Fenomeno sped through USA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marco Day. 34 minutes into the match, AS Pikachuzim's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Hristofor Borchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pasha Datsiuk in the 38th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute AS Pikachuzim were awarded a corner. Santos Rallo went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 41st minute of the match AS Pikachuzim got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Santos Rallo ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led AS Pikachuzim's Santos Rallo to fire away a dangerous shot which Marco Day despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

AS Pikachuzim made a substitution. Luciano Sarmento replaced Pasha Datsiuk. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. Emanuel Tudor hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hristofor Borchev made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Hristofor Borchev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 60th minute of play forced AS Pikachuzim's goalkeeper Hristofor Borchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hristofor Borchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 66th minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Arif Oğuz Semdin came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hristofor Borchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Hristofor Borchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 78th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Arif Oğuz Semdin came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jenson Smith in the 85th minute. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arif Oğuz Semdin in the 89th minute of play. Hristofor Borchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Baker, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Hristofor Borchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AS Pikachuzim's Hristofor Borchev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save AS Pikachuzim from getting a goal against them. USA were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.