Challenge

Signal Iduma Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jacobo Jago was slow to take the kick. During this time ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Jacobo Jago got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Bartolo Idacio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 11th minute of the match. Bartolo Idacio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 14th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s goal looked a bit too open when Zach Harrison came free, but Bartolo Idacio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 21st minute of play forced ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s goalkeeper Bartolo Idacio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raphael Moore made in the 25th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s Guillermo Florinio. USA's Cassius Byrne got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bartolo Idacio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the game, USA's Cassius Byrne nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bartolo Idacio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After the first half USA were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carlos Herrera stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartolo Idacio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bartolo Idacio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 63rd minute of play forced ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s goalkeeper Bartolo Idacio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Herrera came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s goalkeeper Bartolo Idacio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Mcdonald. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 72nd minute of play forced ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s goalkeeper Bartolo Idacio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bartolo Idacio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 76th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Bartolo Idacio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of USA booed when ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Noce Suryadi didn't get a good kick on the ball. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s Fidel Sesuldo was substituted for Carlos Herrera. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. With a little luck, ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s Bartolo Idacio got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 86 minutes, Fidel Sesuldo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Fidel Sesuldo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bartolo Idacio was a little too slow when Khalid Parry got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 0-2. Bartolo Idacio made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡'s Bartolo Idacio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save ⚡El XeNeiZe de BiGaNd⚡ from getting a goal against them.