Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Florentino Berasko made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florentino Berasko in the 4th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 6 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Benjy Muller who took care of the corner kick. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Xie Bang Ang proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save ARedonditos de Ricota CFK from getting a goal against them. 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 9th minute. When Emilio Gonzales got free in front of the goal in the 11th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Marco Day was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Xie Bang Ang came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Monty Rogers. But to his dismay, Monty Rogers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Xie Bang Ang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 17th minute of play. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Xie Bang Ang made a huge save. With a little luck, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Xie Bang Ang got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cassius Byrne scored 2-0 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Xie Bang Ang, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as USA's Cassius Byrne slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Xie Bang Ang. That made the score 3-0 after 34 minutes of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clemente Beltran in the 37th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Florentino Berasko put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Marco Day. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 40th minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th 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. Xie Bang Ang breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Xie Bang Ang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 46th minute of the match. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 48th minute of the match, but Xie Bang Ang made a huge save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Cassius Byrne made the kick off in the second half. Xie Bang Ang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 51st minute of play. Xie Bang Ang came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Edward Mcdonald. But to his dismay, Edward Mcdonald quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Jonas Paz was substituted for Emilio Gonzales. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Robert Haegg was substituted for Florentino Berasko. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK made a substitution. Guaberto Matro replaced Clemente Beltran. When USA's Cassius Byrne, in the 61st minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for USA. Xie Bang Ang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 63rd minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Xie Bang Ang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 67 played minutes ARedonditos de Ricota CFK got a freekick which was hit by Guaberto Matro. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Monty Rogers in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xie Bang Ang saved ARedonditos de Ricota CFK from getting behind. After 76 minutes of play, USA's Edward Mcdonald made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xie Bang Ang was left in no man's land by his defense there! Xie Bang Ang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA's defense didn't have a chance, in the 86th minute, when Robert Haegg scored to the left of an out of position Marco Day, making the score, 5-2. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Xie Bang Ang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 92nd minute of play. USA were awarded a corner in the 94th minute after ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jenson Smith took the corner. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. USA had played much better football throughout.