Challenge

Santa Rosa Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kyle Cox got the match started through his kick off. Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Inácio Marquez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Kyle Cox's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Inácio Marquez was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Caelan Hayes hit a great ball. Almir Paranaense hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Inácio Marquez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Micah Macdonald in the 15th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Dinamo Colorado's Gerson Mazza got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 18thth minute of the game Kyle Cox who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dinamo Colorado's Inácio Marquez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Micah Macdonald made a great header on England's corner, it was just that Dinamo Colorado's Inácio Marquez managed to reach the ball for a save. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Inácio Marquez having to interfere. In the 25th minute, Rafa Teixeira 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kyle Cox in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Inácio Marquez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 30th minute of play forced Dinamo Colorado's goalkeeper Inácio Marquez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Dinamo Colorado getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Almir Paranaense hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute, Micah Macdonald 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. Inácio Marquez 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 35th minute. Dinamo Colorado's Inácio Marquez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Micah Macdonald in the 36th minute of play. Kyle Cox struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Inácio Marquez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for England. 39 minutes in the game Quinn Holmes did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kyle Cox. When Gerson Mazza fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dinamo Colorado's protests and gave Gerson Mazza a yellow card for diving instead. 46 minutes into the game, Almir Paranaense was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dinamo Colorado's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave England the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of Dinamo Colorado:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of England:s goal. The referee gave England a penalty, 47 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Micah Macdonald, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Dinamo Colorado's Inácio Marquez. 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Christian Gaúcho to strike the kick off in the second half. Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Inácio Marquez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpected shot in the 54th minute by Micah Macdonald got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 56 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Inácio Marquez. Dinamo Colorado's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kyle Cox was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 58 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Inácio Marquez. Dinamo Colorado's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kyle Cox was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After a defensive mix-up in Dinamo Colorado's zone, Kyle Cox stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Inácio Marquez came out of the goal and Kyle Cox tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Issac Dawson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of England booed when Dinamo Colorado was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Adolfo Carioca didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Dinamo Colorado defense, Kyle Cox kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Inácio Marquez. The Dinamo Colorado fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Inácio Marquez should have stopped the shot. Inácio Marquez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kyle Cox's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. In the 75th minute, Gerson Mazza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Inácio Marquez having to interfere. 77 minutes into the game, Jairo Valle was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dinamo Colorado's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave England the free kick. After a rather tough play, Dinamo Colorado's Jairo Valle got a free kick in the 77th minute. Perivaldo Fonseca's late challenge caught a England's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Perivaldo Fonseca helped the player get up and apologised. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Inácio Marquez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Inácio Marquez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 84th minute of the match. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Inácio Marquez having to interfere. If Xavier Gallagher had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 96 minutes into the game, João Adolfo Carioca was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dinamo Colorado's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave England the free kick. João Adolfo Carioca kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. England's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.