Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Nathaniel Burnett made the kick off and thus started the match. USA's Matthew Benjamin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 郑广荣 in the 3rd minute of play. Zhu Yong Ao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nathaniel Burnett, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nathaniel Burnett in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zhu Yong Ao saved ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天 from getting behind. After 8 minutes of play, USA's Nathaniel Burnett made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zhu Yong Ao was left in no man's land by his defense there! USA's Matthew Benjamin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Fabiano Domingues in the 12th minute of play. A collision led to ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天 getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Pang Sang Xing hit a great ball. In the 20thth minute of the game Nathaniel Burnett who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's Zhu Yong Ao was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tony Pacheco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. USA's Nathaniel Burnett got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nathaniel Burnett blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zhu Yong Ao having to make a save. 26 minutes into the match, ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's goalkeeper Zhu Yong Ao had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nathaniel Burnett. Matthew Benjamin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Fabiano Domingues, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Nathaniel Burnett sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 34th minute, Lionel 柯景义 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 柯坚凌 hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Zhu Yong Ao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nathaniel Burnett, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. A collision led to ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天 getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Izydor Jajko hit a great ball. Zhu Yong Ao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nathaniel Burnett in the 42nd minute of the match. ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's Zhu Yong Ao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tony Pacheco in the 46th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Izydor Jajko to strike the kick off in the second half. Zhu Yong Ao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nathaniel Burnett in the 53rd minute of the match. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Derek Henderson was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's goalie and right to Jim Morrison. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Matthew Benjamin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Izydor Jajko in the 57th minute of the match. Zhu Yong Ao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nathaniel Burnett in the 58th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jim Morrison in the 61st minute of play forced ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's goalkeeper Zhu Yong Ao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA made a substitution. Caroll Baskin replaced Donald Caldwell. USA made a substitution. Kerry Sellers replaced Nathaniel Burnett. After 64 minutes ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Derek Henderson who took care of the corner kick. USA's Derek Henderson was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Zhu Yong Ao in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. USA's Matthew Benjamin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 郑广荣 in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Kerry Sellers made a precise shot to the right of Zhu Yong Ao. ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. In the 70th minute, Tony Pacheco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zhu Yong Ao was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After a rather tough play, ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's Lionel 柯景义 got a free kick in the 75th minute. 76 minutes into the match, ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's goal looked a bit too open when Kerry Sellers came free, but Zhu Yong Ao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Kerry Sellers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zhu Yong Ao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kerry Sellers in the 79th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, USA's Tony Pacheco sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zhu Yong Ao narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 80 minutes into the match, Tony Pacheco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zhu Yong Ao. ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tony Pacheco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. USA's Tony Pacheco got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 90th minute, Kerry Sellers 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. Kerry Sellers succeeded in the game's 92nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 7-0. After 96th play minutes Kerry Sellers shot 8-0, a short shot which went by Zhu Yong Ao and just under the crossbar into goal. For all the effort they put into the match, the ≮自由Ⅴ梦想≯·九天 players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for USA.