Challenge

ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassius Byrne took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A well-hit corner resulted in Jacob May heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th 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. 1-0. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. José Sand could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Jean-Paul Møffelmand got a free kick in the 36th minute. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 38 minutes into the game, José Sand recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Marco Day. José Sand showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 41st minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Nilson Peres tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell José Sand to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, USA's Cassius Byrne dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. 63 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nilson Peres. ITAFUT 4EVER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cassius Byrne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jardel Baggio went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. ITAFUT 4EVER's Sidney Bertassi was substituted for Evelio Rico. 88 minutes into the match, Jardel Baggio notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sam Campbell who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 92ndth minute tested the skills of Nilson Peres when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jardel Baggio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.