Challenge

New York Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jaime Pardo kicked off to start the match. The throw-in from Jose Sanz in the 2nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by . SC Manhattan .'s Van Dijk. After a rather tough play, Paraguay's Jaime Pardo got a free kick in the 4th minute. If Bruno Marques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. . SC Manhattan .'s Mazarópi Barros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime Pardo in the 10th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Bruno Marques kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jacobo Nores. That made the score 1-0 in the 15 minute of play. Jacobo Nores made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bruno Marques in the 22nd minute. Jacobo Nores made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Bruno Marques sent off a good shot on target. In the 30th match minute, . SC Manhattan . was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anísio Lara to maneuver through the defense. Jaime Pardo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mazarópi Barros having to interfere. In the 32nd match minute, Paraguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Sanz to maneuver through the defense. Bruno Marques received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Jacobo Nores tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jacobo Nores stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bruno Marques's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. Bruno Marques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacobo Nores having to interfere. Jacobo Nores made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bruno Marques in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bruno Marques made a kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Mon Manzano threw the ball into play from the sideline. Paraguay's Xavier Zoido quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 53 minutes into the match, Bruno Marques had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacobo Nores. Paraguay's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Marques was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Bruno Marques recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When . SC Manhattan .'s Bruno Marques in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Paraguay's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Marques in the 62nd minute of play forced Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Paraguay defense, Bruno Marques kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jacobo Nores. The Paraguay fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jacobo Nores should have stopped the shot. Jacobo Nores showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Marques, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 71st minute, Primitivo Escribano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Van Dijk struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Jacobo Nores didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for . SC Manhattan .. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bruno Marques in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jacobo Nores prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Alan Campos's late challenge caught a . SC Manhattan .'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alan Campos helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Paraguay fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 75th minute. Penalty! After 80 played minutes . SC Manhattan . got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Marques. The throw-in from Jose Sanz in the 81st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by . SC Manhattan .'s Anísio Lara. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Marques in the 82nd minute of play. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Zülfü Kahveci hit a great ball. The . SC Manhattan . fans' excitement grew in the 86th match minute when . SC Manhattan .'s Bruno Marques looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jacobo Nores didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bruno Marques went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Mon Manzano hit a great ball. Bruno Marques's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jacobo Nores read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play. . SC Manhattan .'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Van Dijk in the 97th minute. Mon Manzano hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. The . SC Manhattan . players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.