Challenge

Independence Park
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Finlay Stair made the kick off which started today's match. Demonde Jacobson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guto de Brito, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Mané Garrincha had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Demonde Jacobson. Jamaica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mané Garrincha was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Guto de Brito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Guto de Brito in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Demonde Jacobson saved Jamaica from getting behind. 13 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Mané Garrincha came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 15 minutes of play, Balança Rede FC's Guto de Brito made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Demonde Jacobson was left in no man's land by his defense there! 20 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Dorian Barros came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Geraldo Gonçalves came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Demonde Jacobson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mané Garrincha in the 22nd minute of the match. 23 minutes into the game, Guto de Brito cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Demonde Jacobson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Demonde Jacobson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mané Garrincha went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Demonde Jacobson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Manni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Demonde Jacobson came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Balança Rede FC's Guto de Brito. But to his dismay, Guto de Brito quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mané Garrincha to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Balança Rede FC's Mané Garrincha ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Demonde Jacobson. Demonde Jacobson yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-9. The Balança Rede FC fans' excitement grew in the 58th match minute when Balança Rede FC's Guto de Brito looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-10 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 64th minute, Marcelinho Cearense reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Demonde Jacobson. The goal made the score 0-11. Demonde Jacobson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcelinho Cearense in the 68th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emanuel Vergílio got free with Demonde Jacobson in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Geraldo Gonçalves took a quick shot and it went in 0-12 without a chance for Demonde Jacobson to make any attempt to save it. Jamaica's Demonde Jacobson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mané Garrincha in the 78th minute of play. After 81 minutes, Romon Oliver mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jamaica and the Balança Rede FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Jamaica getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Romon Oliver hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mané Garrincha in the 83rd minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jamaall Padmore's late challenge caught a Balança Rede FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jamaall Padmore helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Jamaica getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Jamaall Padmore hit a great ball. Demonde Jacobson was a little too slow when Mané Garrincha got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 0-13. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adrian Manni got free with Demonde Jacobson in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 94th minute, Romon Oliver hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Balança Rede FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.