Challenge

Carlos S. Bilardo
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gaston Fernández started the match with the kick off. Gaston Fernández fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 19 minutes, Marco Day successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 21st minute of play forced 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's goalkeeper Bona Dios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bona Dios was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Julián Camino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. After having played for 36 minutes, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edward Mcdonald was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Juan Manuel Díaz hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bona Dios having to interfere. Bona Dios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 45th minute of the match, Gaston Fernández tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marco Day saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 46 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pang Jing Peng who took care of the corner kick. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. Bona Dios 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 53rd minute. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Robert Plant was substituted for Tony Justus. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Mcdonald was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bona Dios breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 66th minute of play forced 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's goalkeeper Bona Dios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 66th minute of play forced 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's goalkeeper Bona Dios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Guido Carrillo made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Jenson Smith received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Bona Dios tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Sam Campbell reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bona Dios. The goal made the score 3-2. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcelo Trobbiani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pang Jing Peng was slow to take the kick. During this time 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of USA booed when 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boudewijn De Jaeger didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bona Dios made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Marco Baker sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Marco Baker kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bona Dios. That made the score 3-3 in the 91 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 95th minute of play forced 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's goalkeeper Bona Dios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.