Challenge

Lion Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Zeca Gadda made the kick off and thus started the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Zeca Gadda kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marco Day. That made the score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Anacleto Adán stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Anacleto Adán tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 14th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcell Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fortunato Miner got free with Marco Day in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 22nd minute, Cassius Byrne made a precise shot to the right of Marcell Yashin. Atletico de la Rosa CF's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. 26 minutes into the match, Atletico de la Rosa CF's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Marcell Yashin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcell Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fortunato Miner got free with Marco Day in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fortunato Miner in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 37th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcell Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcell Yashin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Atletico de la Rosa CF's Marcell Yashin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jenson Smith in the 40th minute of play. USA were awarded a corner in the 41th minute after Atletico de la Rosa CF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. USA's Cassius Byrne was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marcell Yashin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Fortunato Miner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Anacleto Adán hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 54th minute of play forced Atletico de la Rosa CF's goalkeeper Marcell Yashin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeca Gadda in the 56th minute of play. Marcell Yashin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 61st minute of the match. In the 61st minute, USA's Edward Mcdonald ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcell Yashin. Marcell Yashin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-3. Atletico de la Rosa CF's Alessandro Eguizabal was substituted for Fortunato Miner. Huang Ran Feng kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. In the 67th match minute, Atletico de la Rosa CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Huang Ran Feng to maneuver through the defense. Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca in the 69th minute of the match. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca in the 71st minute of play. Atletico de la Rosa CF's Marcell Yashin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 73rd minute of play. Marcell Yashin came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Monty Rogers. But to his dismay, Monty Rogers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Marcell Yashin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ximun Camudio's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ximun Camudio helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Atletico de la Rosa CF getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Ximun Camudio hit a great ball. Sam Campbell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 88 minutes into the match, Atletico de la Rosa CF's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but Marcell Yashin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcell Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcell Yashin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 93rd minute of play. The Atletico de la Rosa CF fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.