Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Koby Wright started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute, Augusto Saldanha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jax Williamson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. If Jan Dixon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Dixon got free with Falcão Cunha in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 14 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jan Dixon. 15 minutes in the game Rubens Rezende did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Jago Štriker. At last the ball reached Regan Jordan at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Gracie Barra. 1-1. It was a well-played corner which Jan Dixon managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 26th minute Jago Štriker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jax Williamson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Falcão Cunha made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Rohan Watson sent off a good shot on target. The throw-in from Şamil Sağman in the 32nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Canada's Carter George. Jax Williamson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jago Štriker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Falcão Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Koby Wright, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rohan Watson in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Falcão Cunha saved Gracie Barra from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rohan Watson in the 40th minute of play forced Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute Canada were awarded a corner. Koby Wright went to the cornerflag to take it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jago Štriker in the 45th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jax Williamson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pedro Velloso was the one to do the kick off. Canada's attentive Carter George managed to snatch the ball when Şamil Sağman made a throw-in in the 52nd minute of the game. 53 minutes into the match, Canada's Luka Harris sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Falcão Cunha narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Falcão Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 59th minute of play. In the 61stth minute of the game Pedro Velloso who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Canada's Jax Williamson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Falcão Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Koby Wright, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Saldanha in the 67th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Gracie Barra's Augusto Saldanha in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Canada's goalie prevented a goal. Gracie Barra's Falcão Cunha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koby Wright in the 68th minute of play. When Rohan Watson came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Canada fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rohan Watson couldn't finish the play. Gracie Barra made a substitution. Nilton Botelho replaced Augusto Saldanha. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. Falcão Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filip Edwards, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Falcão Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filip Edwards, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 95th minute of the match Gracie Barra got a corner. Canada's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hugo de Queirós ran over to the corner to take the kick. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Canada fully deserved thier win.