Challenge

Estadio Challacó
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) USA's Cassius Byrne started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Cassius Byrne took the ball and in the 2 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Timoteo Gines. Timoteo Gines dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 魏皓晨 in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th minute of the match Challacó got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Buğra Onal ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cipriano Goren's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marco Day firmly grabbed it by the left post. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. When Cassius Byrne came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the USA 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 Cassius Byrne couldn't finish the play. Timoteo Gines showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 16th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when 魏皓晨 came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Challacó's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Cassius Byrne almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Challacó's Timoteo Gines did a great save. In the 27th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Timoteo Gines was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 魏皓晨's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Monty Rogers might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Timoteo Gines. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Monty Rogers ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Monty Rogers in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Timoteo Gines saved Challacó from getting behind. Jenson Smith made in the 56th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Monty Rogers however managed to control. With a little luck, Challacó's Timoteo Gines got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. Timoteo Gines made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 60th minute. Challacó's Timoteo Gines played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 61st minute of play. Timoteo Gines 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 61st minute. Timoteo Gines made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 63rd minute of play. Timoteo Gines 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 65th minute. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Timoteo Gines showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sam Campbell, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Timoteo Gines made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Jacob May sent off a good shot on target. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Gilberto Eneas kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Sam Campbell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Timoteo Gines tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 85th match minute, Challacó was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emmanouil Tsirigakis to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by 魏皓晨 in the 90th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Timoteo Gines in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Challacó throughout the match.