Challenge

Estadio Diamante
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Marco Pero started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 11 minutes into the match, ZAFIRO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Koby Wright came free, but Armando Paredes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ernest Ponta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Jax Williamson made a huge save. A collision led to ZAFIRO FC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Ernesto Nafarroa hit a great ball. Richard Mccarthy made in the 25th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Koby Wright. 26 minutes into the match, Koby Wright notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ZAFIRO FC's Armando Paredes. Armando Paredes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luka Harris might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Armando Paredes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luka Harris ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 35th minute of the game Richard Mccarthy made a throw-in which Luka Harris played forward. The ZAFIRO FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Canada were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Koby Wright to strike the kick off in the second half. ZAFIRO FC's Armando Paredes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rohan Watson in the 51st minute of play. 55 minutes into the game, Rohan Watson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Armando Paredes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Canada's Filip Edwards was substituted for Koby Wright. Armando Paredes made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Luka Harris sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Canada's Luka Harris slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Armando Paredes. That made the score 0-3 after 64 minutes of play. Armando Paredes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carter George, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rdth minute of the game Filip Edwards who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ZAFIRO FC's Armando Paredes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carter George in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Armando Paredes saved ZAFIRO FC from getting behind. A collision led to ZAFIRO FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Ernest Ponta hit a great ball. Armando Paredes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Edwards in the 90th minute of the match. Canada's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jan Dixon in the 91st minute. Armando Paredes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theo Burton in the 94th minute of play. In the 94th minute, Canada's Filip Edwards dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. When the final whistle sounded Canada left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ZAFIRO FC.