Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Koby Wright got the match started through his kick off. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Canada's Rohan Watson in the 2nd minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Falcão Cunha was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Gracie Barra through an amazing save. 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 11th minute of play. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gracie Barra's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Koby Wright was slow to take the kick. During this time Canada's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Richard Mccarthy almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Gracie Barra's Falcão Cunha did a great save. Jax Williamson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Velloso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 22 minutes into the match, Koby Wright dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Falcão Cunha, 2-0. Koby Wright received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Falcão Cunha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rohan Watson struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Falcão Cunha didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Canada. Canada's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Koby Wright in the 29th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rohan Watson in the 42nd minute of play forced Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Koby Wright took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Falcão Cunha to make any attempt to save it. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pedro Velloso to strike the kick off in the second half. Koby Wright took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Falcão Cunha. Falcão Cunha dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Falcão Cunha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rohan Watson in the 58th minute of the match. Canada made a substitution. Filip Edwards replaced Koby Wright. Gracie Barra made a substitution. Nilton Botelho replaced Augusto Saldanha. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. Falcão Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Edwards in the 67th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Edwards in the 72nd minute of play forced Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Falcão Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carter George in the 79th minute of play. Canada's Prince Anderson was substituted for Carter George. Falcão Cunha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 87th minute, Filip Edwards ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Falcão Cunha was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. 93 minutes into the match, Filip Edwards had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Falcão Cunha. Gracie Barra's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Filip Edwards was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. If Luka Harris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 96 minutes into the match, Luka Harris had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Falcão Cunha. Gracie Barra's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luka Harris was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. Canada's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.