Challenge

255. Miroslav Klose
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Canada's Koby Wright 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. Koby Wright received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Nicasio Abad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nicasio Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rohan Watson in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Carter George made a precise shot to the right of Nicasio Abad. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Jax Williamson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pietro Salles's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. With his leg Jax Williamson managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Pietro Salles fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 16 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goal looked a bit too open when Rohan Watson came free, but Nicasio Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nicasio Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koby Wright in the 18th minute of the match. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rohan Watson in the 20th minute of play. Nicasio Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 21st minute of play. The Canada fans' excitement grew in the 21st match minute when Canada's Koby Wright 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 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 26 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goal looked a bit too open when Koby Wright came free, but Nicasio Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute Koby Wright shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicasio Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Canada's Koby Wright sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nicasio Abad narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after Canada's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ahmet Demircioğlu took the corner. Nicasio Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Koby Wright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rohan Watson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 42nd minute, Gökçe Yalazalp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 44 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goal looked a bit too open when Rohan Watson came free, but Nicasio Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute of the match Canada got a corner. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Koby Wright ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 48th minute Koby Wright shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicasio Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Canada were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pietro Salles to make the kick off. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pietro Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 55th minute of the match, Koby Wright tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Nicasio Abad saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pietro Salles in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jax Williamson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nicasio Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rohan Watson in the 64th minute of the match. When Canada's Koby Wright in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalie prevented a goal. After 69 minutes of play, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Pietro Salles made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jax Williamson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ made a substitution. Joel Enekoitz replaced Kosmas Banasopoulos. Canada's Filip Edwards was substituted for Koby Wright. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. If Jan Dixon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 78th minute, Canada's Nate Mills seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Nate Mills the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Canada protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Nate Mills had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Jax Williamson came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Peter Blomkvist. But to his dismay, Peter Blomkvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Canada's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ahmet Demircioğlu was slow to take the kick. During this time Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s players had a chance to rest. Jax Williamson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Blomkvist in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Blomkvist in the 88th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theo Burton in the 89th minute of play. Nicasio Abad didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Canada's Theo Burton shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Canada were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.