Challenge

Stadio Ennio Tardini
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Günther Doty took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Günther Doty in the 5th minute of the match. Günther Doty recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the Chinese CJ Youth Academy defense, Monty Rogers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Abad. The Chinese CJ Youth Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Abad should have stopped the shot. David Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 20th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Günther Doty sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. David Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 23rd minute of play. Günther Doty might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Günther Doty ran back to his position shaking his head. 27 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Günther Doty. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, USA's Jenson Smith got a free kick in the 30th minute. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Günther Doty in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 35th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the game, Günther Doty cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 38th match minute, Chinese CJ Youth Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lu Zhan Jian to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Timmy Galle got a free kick in the 44th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Mcdonald was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. David Abad breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 51st minute of play. In the 54th minute, Diego Bradley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 56th minute, Su Jian Jie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Günther Doty, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 63 minutes into the match, Günther Doty notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. David Abad 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 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute Günther Doty shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute, Lu Zhan Jian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. The supporters of USA booed when Chinese CJ Youth Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lu Zhan Jian didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 77th minute of the match, Sam Campbell got a very nice opportunity to score, but David Abad was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After a rather tough play, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Günther Doty got a free kick in the 79th minute. When the match had gone on for 82 minutes, Sam Campbell took a quick shot and it went in 4-2 without a chance for David Abad to make any attempt to save it. David Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Baker in the 87th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but David Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Khalid Parry 93 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-3. USA's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Chinese CJ Youth Academy had won, even though USA had held more of the ball.