Challenge

LA BOMBONERA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Arda Ardashov sent off a good shot on target. Paolo Eutor sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by the xeneise dream team's Habil Castolo. But to his dismay, Habil Castolo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Nereo Roldanillo managed to get in a good position for a shot. the xeneise dream team's supporters rose to their feet, but Nereo Roldanillo 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. Vinicio Aires showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 21st minute of the match. Monty Rogers's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vinicio Aires read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Habil Castolo sent off a good shot on target. the xeneise dream team's Vinicio Aires played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute of play. In the 34thth minute of the game Paolo Eutor who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A nice corner shot did that Zacharias Siatzis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by the xeneise dream team's Paolo Eutor. But to his dismay, Paolo Eutor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 40th minute, Monty Rogers 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. Edward Mcdonald sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Cassius Byrne made the kick off in the second half. Vinicio Aires made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 55th minute. After 55 minutes, Nereo Roldanillo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the the xeneise dream team and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nereo Roldanillo hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Edward Mcdonald hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the USA defense, Zacharias Siatzis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paolo Eutor in the 66th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Monty Rogers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Vinicio Aires made a huge save. After a rather tough play, the xeneise dream team's Gaspar Lizardi got a free kick in the 74th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 75th minute of play forced the xeneise dream team's goalkeeper Vinicio Aires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. After some careless play in the the xeneise dream team defense, Khalid Parry kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vinicio Aires. The the xeneise dream team fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vinicio Aires should have stopped the shot. the xeneise dream team's Aquiles Mikolas was substituted for Habil Castolo. Vinicio Aires showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 84th minute of the match. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by the xeneise dream team's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jenson Smith was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The corner led USA's Marco Baker to fire away a dangerous shot which Vinicio Aires despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paolo Eutor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. the xeneise dream team's defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Khalid Parry scored to the left of an out of position Vinicio Aires, making the score, 3-2. When the referee blew the final whistle, the xeneise dream team could leave the field as winners, despite USA having more of the ball for most of the match.