Challenge

S y D Serengueti
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kyle Davies started the match with the kick off. In a very dangerous position, a player in Curacao fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Bruno Barrett, was totally fooled by Real Academia Serengetti's Rodrigo Abeijon, who 5 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. 8 minutes into the match, Curacao's goal looked a bit too open when Arnulfo Eguntsenti came free, but Bruno Barrett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute, Guillermo Emesto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bruno Barrett was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Rodrigo Abeijon took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bruno Barrett. Bruno Barrett dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. After 18th play minutes Guillermo Emesto shot 4-0, a short shot which went by Bruno Barrett and just under the crossbar into goal. A collision led to Curacao getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Jordan Porter hit a great ball. In the 26th minute, Rodrigo Abeijon 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. When Arnulfo Eguntsenti came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Real Academia Serengetti fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Arnulfo Eguntsenti couldn't finish the play. Stanley Wallace recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bruno Barrett was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Arnulfo Eguntsenti capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Arnulfo Eguntsenti really showed his touch with that goal: 5-0. In the 44th match minute, Curacao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kyle Davies to maneuver through the defense. Rodrigo Abeijon didn't quite understand what happened when in the 46 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Guillermo Emesto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Arnulfo Eguntsenti left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Real Academia Serengetti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Rodrigo Abeijon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruno Barrett having to interfere. 57 minutes into the match, Curacao's goal looked a bit too open when Anibal Cebo came free, but Bruno Barrett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Curacao's Rocco Owen got a free kick in the 58th minute. Arnulfo Eguntsenti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Bruno Barrett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Guillermo Emesto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bruno Barrett was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. After 67 played minutes Real Academia Serengetti got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Abeijon. After some careless play in the Curacao defense, Guillermo Emesto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bruno Barrett. The Curacao fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bruno Barrett should have stopped the shot. In the 76th minute Guillermo Emesto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Barrett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bruno Barrett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillermo Emesto, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Bruno Barrett stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Guillermo Emesto's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. Silvano Grabiel struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Bruno Barrett didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Real Academia Serengetti. In the 83rd minute, Arnulfo Eguntsenti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Harvey Doyle's late challenge caught a Real Academia Serengetti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Harvey Doyle helped the player get up and apologised. Harvey Doyle hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Bruno Barrett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lisandro Esquipula in the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guillermo Emesto in the 93rd minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Real Academia Serengetti's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.