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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. Nilson Peres 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 9th minute. ITAFUT 4EVER were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Robert Arboleda took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Robert Arboleda got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Sebastião Henriques managed to get in a good position for a shot. ITAFUT 4EVER's supporters rose to their feet, but Sebastião Henriques 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. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Raphael Moore hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cassius Byrne in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nilson Peres prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nilson Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 22nd minute of the match. Raphael Moore hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. 37 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Nilson Peres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Nilson Peres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 40 played minutes ITAFUT 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Jordan Henderson. 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. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cassius Byrne was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Jordan Henderson got a free kick in the 51st minute. USA were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after ITAFUT 4EVER's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Sand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Sand in the 56th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Nilson Peres made a huge save. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 63rd minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 71 minutes, Nilson Peres successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Boguslaw Tarasek replaced João Vítor Porto. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Sidney Bertassi replaced Evelio Rico. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by ITAFUT 4EVER's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Monty Rogers was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to USA's Diego Bradley getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. In the 81st minute, Sam Campbell 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. Sam Campbell's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 89thth minute, Nilson Peres skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. USA were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.