Challenge

Aterro Albuquerque
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kyle Davies started the match with the kick off. 8 minutes into the match, Better Call Saul's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Davies came free, but José Pedro Neto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Pedro Neto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanley Wallace, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Kyle Davies fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Pedro Neto having to interfere. 18 minutes into the match, Better Call Saul's goal looked a bit too open when Lochlan Newman came free, but José Pedro Neto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute, Lúcio Quadros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Bruno Barrett managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when Better Call Saul's Cauã Netto fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 26th minute, Kyle Davies made a precise shot to the right of José Pedro Neto. Better Call Saul's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. José Pedro Neto came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Curacao's Kyle Davies. But to his dismay, Kyle Davies quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Matías Vides charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Matías Vides the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Better Call Saul's Matías Vides got a free kick in the 34th minute. 37 minutes into the game, Stanley Wallace cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. José Pedro Neto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Kyle Davies had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cauã Netto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 0-4 became the score in the 53rd minute when Stanley Wallace elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Better Call Saul's Cauã Netto got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Curacao booed when Better Call Saul was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Silva didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rocco Owen in the 84th minute of play forced Better Call Saul's goalkeeper José Pedro Neto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Davies in the 86th minute of play forced Better Call Saul's goalkeeper José Pedro Neto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the final whistle sounded Curacao left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Better Call Saul.