Challenge

Estádio Samira
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arif Ozan Sureha took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Arif Ozan Sureha tried to sneak it across the goal line. Oséas Albuquerque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 6th minute of play. After 6 minutes of play, USA's Edward Mcdonald made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oséas Albuquerque was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 9th minute of play forced Jukatriz's goalkeeper Oséas Albuquerque to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute, Cassius Byrne left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Oséas Albuquerque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oséas Albuquerque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th minute, Jukatriz's Cleto Matxin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cássio de Alcântara in the 18th minute. After 19 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Augusto Alcântara who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Jukatriz's corner Augusto Alcântara fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arif Ozan Sureha in the 29th minute. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cleto Matxin in the 33rd minute of play. In the 38th minute of the match USA got a corner. Jukatriz's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. At last the ball reached Diego Bradley at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Jukatriz. 1-4. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oséas Albuquerque was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Oséas Albuquerque showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Augusto Alcântara hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Jukatriz's zone, Edward Mcdonald stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Oséas Albuquerque came out of the goal and Edward Mcdonald tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Ozan Sureha in the 62nd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jukatriz's Oséas Albuquerque proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Jukatriz from getting a goal against them. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Oséas Albuquerque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 70th minute of the match. In the 72nd minute Cássio de Alcântara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute, Arif Ozan Sureha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. With an all-out effort, USA's Oséas Albuquerque threw himself towards the right post 82 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marco Baker, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Marco Baker hit a great ball. Sam Campbells short, quick shot in the 87thth minute got Oséas Albuquerque to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 88 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Cássio de Alcântara came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute, Marco Baker made a precise shot to the right of Oséas Albuquerque. Jukatriz's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-5. After 93 minutes, Natanael Furlan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jukatriz and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Jukatriz getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Natanael Furlan hit a great ball. 95 minutes into the game, USA's Khalid Parry nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Oséas Albuquerque made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-6. The Jukatriz fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.