Challenge

Alçapão da Morte
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nixon Richard got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nixon Richard. Khalid Kennedy was a little too slow when Nixon Richard got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 6th minute Luiz Fábio Souto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khalid Kennedy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Júlio Baiano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyle Cox, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Júlio Baiano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 11th minute of play. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Fábio Souto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Donato Paraibano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Xavier Gallagher charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xavier Gallagher the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, England's Xavier Gallagher got a free kick in the 16th minute. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Sampaio, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. 22 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Nixon Richard came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Barões F. C.'s Marquinhos Porto got a free kick in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Micah Macdonald in the 24th minute of play forced Barões F. C.'s goalkeeper Júlio Baiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Fábio Souto, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Nixon Richard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Júlio Baiano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Micah Macdonald in the 33rd minute of play. When Marquinhos Porto fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Barões F. C.'s protests and gave Marquinhos Porto a yellow card for diving instead. Júlio Baiano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caelan Hayes in the 34th minute of play. Júlio Baiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 36th minute of the match. 42 minutes into the game, Micah Macdonald was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. England's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Barões F. C. the free kick. Micah Macdonald kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Fábio Souto in the 43rd minute of play. Júlio Baiano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyle Cox, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kyle Cox to make the kick off. Marquinhos Porto was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 52 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 52nd minute of the game. One of Barões F. C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of England:s goal. Júlio Baiano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Issac Dawson, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. When Caelan Hayes fell near the penalty area in the 65th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored England's protests and gave Caelan Hayes a yellow card for diving instead. In the 65th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Caelan Hayes to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Paraibano in the 67th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Barões F. C. defense, Caelan Hayes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Júlio Baiano. The Barões F. C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Júlio Baiano should have stopped the shot. If André Sampaio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 84th minute, Cris Batistuta 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. Donato Paraibano scored 3-1 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Khalid Kennedy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Paraibano in the 92nd minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, Micah Macdonald had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Júlio Baiano. Barões F. C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Micah Macdonald was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Barões F. C.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.