Challenge

Eduardo Gallardon
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 3rd minute of play forced LosAndes666's goalkeeper Cecilio Gonza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Donato Iyan succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 7th playminute. Donato Iyan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donato Iyan in the 14th minute of play. In the 15th minute LosAndes666 were awarded a corner. Maximino Eztebe went to the cornerflag to take it. LosAndes666's Maximino Eztebe was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marco Day in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Bogdan Pazura's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bogdan Pazura helped the player get up and apologised. In the 18th minute of the match USA got a corner. LosAndes666's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cecilio Gonza stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cassius Byrne's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. 26 minutes into the match, LosAndes666's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Cecilio Gonza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by LosAndes666's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 34th minute of play forced LosAndes666's goalkeeper Cecilio Gonza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 35th minute of play forced LosAndes666's goalkeeper Cecilio Gonza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cecilio Gonza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cecilio Gonza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 37th minute of the match. Edward Mcdonald received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Cecilio Gonza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to LosAndes666 getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Erik Lamela hit a great ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Donato Iyan was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Donato Iyan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. LosAndes666's supporters crossed their fingers, but Donato Iyan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Cecilio Gonza made a huge save. Donato Iyan might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Donato Iyan ran back to his position shaking his head. LosAndes666's Ke Yan was substituted for Maximino Eztebe. LosAndes666's He Zhen Guang was substituted for Aldo Bizen. In the 68th minute, He Zhen Guang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. He Zhen Guang kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Cecilio Gonza in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cecilio Gonza made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. Cecilio Gonza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. USA were awarded a corner in the 74th minute after LosAndes666's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Monty Rogers took the corner. Erik Lamela kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. LosAndes666's Cecilio Gonza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 81st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sam Campbell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cecilio Gonza was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Cecilio Gonza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Baker, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. After having played for 83 minutes, Sam Campbell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sam Campbell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sam Campbell received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cecilio Gonza came out and tried to block the shot, but Sam Campbell slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Iyan in the 87th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. He Zhen Guang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Cecilio Gonza made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than LosAndes666.