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ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when José Sand kicked off to start the match. In the 3rdth minute of the game José Sand who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, José Sand managed to get in a good position for a shot. ITAFUT 4EVER's supporters rose to their feet, but José Sand was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Flavius Postelnicescu kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. After having played for 9 minutes, Cassius Byrne managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cassius Byrne was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, José Sand managed to get in a good position for a shot. ITAFUT 4EVER's supporters rose to their feet, but José Sand was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nilson Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 12th minute of the match. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by ITAFUT 4EVER's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The corner led USA's Cassius Byrne to fire away a dangerous shot which Nilson Peres despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. José Sand's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Sand got free with Marco Day in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 20th minute of the game Diego Bradley made a throw-in which Jenson Smith played forward. When USA's Cassius Byrne in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ITAFUT 4EVER's goalie prevented a goal. Nilson Peres 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 41st minute. When USA's Monty Rogers, in the 41st minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for USA. After a rather tough play, USA's Diego Bradley got a free kick in the 42nd minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of ITAFUT 4EVER booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jenson Smith didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Sand in the 54th minute of play. In the 54th minute, José Sand ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Nilson Peres tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 60 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres. Nilson Peres was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Nilson Peres made a huge save. Thanks to some nice moves Cassius Byrne could shoot a difficult shot in the 66th minute, which Nilson Peres however easily saved by the left post. Cassius Byrne came free with the goalkeeper in the 66th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Nilson Peres could save by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 70th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 74th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ITAFUT 4EVER's Boguslaw Tarasek was substituted for João Vítor Porto. ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio was substituted for José Sand. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by ITAFUT 4EVER's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Monty Rogers was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. Monty Rogers made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 79th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilson Peres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Nilson Peres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, USA's Nilson Peres threw himself towards the right post 86 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Monty Rogers, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Nilson Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 87th minute of the match. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. The supporters of USA booed when ITAFUT 4EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastião Henriques didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Marquinhos Best got a free kick in the 96th minute. Sam Campbell might have been able to make a better finish in the 97th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nilson Peres. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sam Campbell ran back to his position shaking his head. USA were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.