Challenge

Arena Ororubá
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benjamin da Fonseca kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Benjamin da Fonseca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Pesqueira City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ionuț Iniesta in the 7th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zach Harrison in the 10th minute of play forced Pesqueira City's goalkeeper Mădălin Lunca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute, Pesqueira City's Sebastião Quintal dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 18th minute of the match, Benjamin da Fonseca tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marco Day saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Pesqueira City's Mădălin Lunca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 20th minute of play. 24 minutes into the game, Sebastião Quintal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastião Quintal in the 28th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute of play forced Pesqueira City's goalkeeper Mădălin Lunca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute, Pesqueira City's Cui Ling Jing ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marco Day. Marco Day yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. In the 37th minute, USA's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sebastião Quintal fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 39 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sebastião Quintal. Monty Rogers kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin da Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cui Ling Jing blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benjamin da Fonseca, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Cui Ling Jing shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sebastião Quintal went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. In the 60th minute Pesqueira City were awarded a corner. Ionuț Iniesta went to the cornerflag to take it. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Pesqueira City's Sebastião Quintal. But to his dismay, Sebastião Quintal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Pesqueira City's Jeremias Orland was substituted for Fabian Hansson. After having played for 69 minutes, Jeremias Orland managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pesqueira City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jeremias Orland was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mădălin Lunca was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Monty Rogers showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 5-1 in the 72 minute of play. Mădălin Lunca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 75th minute of the match. The supporters of Pesqueira City booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Koby Fletcher didn't get a good kick on the ball. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. In the 78th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Koby Fletcher to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Cui Ling Jing stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Cui Ling Jing tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benjamin da Fonseca, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 92nd minute, Benjamin da Fonseca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pesqueira City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. In the 95th minute Benjamin da Fonseca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pesqueira City's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.