Challenge

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Song Di Xu started the match with the kick off. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 4th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Pryaporets's Sandu Flintașu got a free kick in the 6th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cassius Byrne in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein saved Pryaporets from getting behind. After 13 played minutes Pryaporets got a freekick which was hit by Ye Jian Fan. Pryaporets's Emanuel Mălăele suffered a sore knee after 16 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 16 minutes into the game, Jenson Smith was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. USA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pryaporets the free kick. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Jenson Smith hit a great ball. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Song Di Xu in the 18th minute of play. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein 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 25th minute. In the 31st minute, A.J. 黄振 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Song Di Xu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 43 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein. Pryaporets's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 47 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Diego Bradley. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cassius Byrne was the one to do the kick off. Song Di Xu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 53rd minute of play. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Song Di Xu, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 61st minute of the match. After 70 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Monty Rogers took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein to make any attempt to save it. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Sam Campbell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. In the 83rdth minute of the game Sam Campbell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pryaporets's Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Pryaporets's Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Sam Campbell notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Pryaporets's Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 91st minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Song Di Xu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Song Di Xu in the 94th minute of play. 97 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pryaporets's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jenson Smith was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Jenson Smith almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pryaporets's Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein did a great save.