Challenge

Estadio Veritas FC
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) USA's Cassius Byrne started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Ihintza, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 11thth minute of the game Fernando Dantae 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. Stat Veritas FC's Pepe Argento got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mauricio Erramun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emilio Ihintza in the 24th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mauricio Erramun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 26th minute of the match. Mauricio Erramun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 29th minute of play. Mauricio Erramun 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 31st minute. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fernando Dantae in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fernando Dantae. After 39 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mauricio Erramun was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stat Veritas FC's Mauricio Erramun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 45th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fernando Dantae made a kick off. Stat Veritas FC's Roger Gili was substituted for Emilio Ihintza. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 58th minute. 63 minutes into the match, Stat Veritas FC's goalkeeper Mauricio Erramun had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. After 64 minutes Stat Veritas FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cassius Byrne who took care of the corner kick. After 64 minutes, Monty Rogers made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Stat Veritas FC's Mauricio Erramun tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Ciriaco Tanio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Stat Veritas FC's Ciriaco Tanio. But to his dismay, Ciriaco Tanio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. 86 minutes into the match, Stat Veritas FC's goalkeeper Mauricio Erramun had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. If Roger Gili had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ziemowit Dembowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the USA defense, Ciriaco Tanio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. Stat Veritas FC succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though USA had controlled the match.