Challenge

Mineirão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristi Saron got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Geroy Ascue threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Gong Fan quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Demonde Jacobson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Paulo Dante, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arthur Bufi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Finlay Stair in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Finlay Stair made a precise shot to the right of Arthur Bufi. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Pedro Paulo Dante sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Finlay Stair in the 15th minute of play forced Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Arthur Bufi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jamaica's Romon Oliver got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 22nd minute, Pedro Paulo Dante 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. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's attentive Gong Fan managed to snatch the ball when Javan Develder made a throw-in in the 30th minute of the game. If Gong Fan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 33 played minutes Jamaica got a freekick which was hit by Romon Oliver. Luiz Guilherme Cearense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Javan Develder made in the 40th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Finlay Stair immediately put the ball in play. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Finlay Stair to strike the kick off in the second half. Demonde Jacobson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wanderson Bezerra in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rd minute Finlay Stair shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arthur Bufi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the game, Gong Fan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Demonde Jacobson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's attentive Gong Fan managed to snatch the ball when Kordal Duff made a throw-in in the 61st minute of the game. 62 minutes into the game, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Gong Fan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Demonde Jacobson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. Gualter Meirelles replaced Cristi Saron. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. 余永川 replaced Enrique de Mendonça. The throw-in from Kordal Duff in the 67th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Valeriu Toacsen. After some careless play in the Jamaica defense, Pedro Paulo Dante kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Demonde Jacobson. The Jamaica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Demonde Jacobson should have stopped the shot. Demonde Jacobson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gwidon Cwojdak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Demonde Jacobson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 余永川 in the 82nd minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Pedro Paulo Dante had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Demonde Jacobson. Jamaica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pedro Paulo Dante was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. Gwidon Cwojdak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jamaica's Demonde Jacobson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gualter Meirelles in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwidon Cwojdak in the 94th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Gwidon Cwojdak fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. In the 96th minute, Pedro Paulo Dante ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Demonde Jacobson was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. When the referee ended the match the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.