Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Teofil Sobczak in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. 10 minutes into the match, Teofil Sobczak notched a goal, 0-1, 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. In the 18th minute Teofil Sobczak 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. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's Fredrik Østreng got a free kick in the 19th minute. Cassius Byrne, 19 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a defensive mix-up in ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's zone, Edward Mcdonald stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gavino Raymundo came out of the goal and Edward Mcdonald tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gavino Raymundo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Teofil Sobczak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gavino Raymundo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 33rd minute. In the 36th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gavino Raymundo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cassius Byrnes short, quick shot in the 37thth minute got Gavino Raymundo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jenson Smith in the 41st minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goalkeeper Gavino Raymundo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, USA's Diego Bradley got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teofil Sobczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute of the match ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 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. Manolito Puyol ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which 方岚坤 managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Cassius Byrne's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gavino Raymundo firmly grabbed it by the left post. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Teofil Sobczak to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Edward Mcdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 56 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Gavino Raymundo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gavino Raymundo 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 58th minute. 61 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Teofil Sobczak came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 64th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goalkeeper Gavino Raymundo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gavino Raymundo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. 武扬南 hit a great ball. After 76 played minutes ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 got a freekick which was hit by Fortunato Tagliente. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 82nd minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goalkeeper Gavino Raymundo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gavino Raymundo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 84th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Teofil Sobczak came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gavino Raymundo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's 康乐西 was substituted for 武扬南. USA were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.