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ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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. José Sand started the match with the kick off. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Monty Rogers took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nilson Peres. Nilson Peres dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 10th minute, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 18th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nilson Peres came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Cassius Byrne. But to his dismay, Cassius Byrne quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Nilson Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 24th minute of the match. ITAFUT 4EVER were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Robert Arboleda took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of USA's goalie and right to João Vítor Porto. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. USA's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 29 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres. Nilson Peres was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nilson Peres 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 32nd minute. 35 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Nilson Peres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, José Sand managed to get in a good position for a shot. ITAFUT 4EVER's supporters rose to their feet, but José Sand was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 39th minute, Edward Mcdonald left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Nilson Peres tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. After the first half USA were leading 1-4. 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 Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, José Sand 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. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save ITAFUT 4EVER from getting a goal against them. José Sand sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Sand, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Jardel Baggio replaced José Sand. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Sidney Bertassi replaced Evelio Rico. Cassius Byrne kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 83rd minute of play. Zach Harrison fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nilson Peres having to interfere. In the 89th minute, Jardel Baggio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ITAFUT 4EVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 92nd minute of play. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio. But to his dismay, Jardel Baggio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-5. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ITAFUT 4EVER.