Challenge

Gazprom Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Håkan Kjellman made the kick off which started today's match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Emander, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Zafer Hürsel came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Cassius Byrne. But to his dismay, Cassius Byrne quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 14th minute of play forced FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's goalkeeper Zafer Hürsel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zafer Hürsel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 16th minute of the match. Zafer Hürsel 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 19th minute. Zafer Hürsel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cassius Byrne's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. 30 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Snell came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute of the match FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 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. Johannes Botvidsson ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Johannes Botvidsson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save.

USA's Monty Rogers managed to work through FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Monty Rogers dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Zafer Hürsel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 54th minute of the match. Zafer Hürsel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 59th minute of the match. Zafer Hürsel had great luck who in the 60thth minute grab hold of the ball when Monty Rogers from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Zafer Hürsel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 64th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 66th minute of play forced FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's goalkeeper Zafer Hürsel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Zafer Hürsel in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Cassius Byrne kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zafer Hürsel. That made the score 0-3 in the 73 minute of play. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's Gabriel Söderström was substituted for Jörgen Ekeroth. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valentin Ivarsson in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 80 minutes, Hami Çerağ mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 81st minute, Hami Çerağ hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. In the 82nd minute, Hami Çerağ hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabian Brown kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Ivarsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Zafer Hürsel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalid Parry, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. If Marco Baker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the FC Zenit Saint Petersburg defense, Sam Campbell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zafer Hürsel. The FC Zenit Saint Petersburg fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zafer Hürsel should have stopped the shot.