Challenge

Alçapão da Baixada
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Koby Wright took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mickaël Maris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luka Harris, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Mickaël Maris 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 6th minute. Mickaël Maris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 6th minute of play. Mickaël Maris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rohan Watson in the 13th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Koby Wright in the 18th minute of play forced Nova Iguaçu MZFC's goalkeeper Mickaël Maris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mickaël Maris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 20th minute of play. In the 22nd minute Luka Harris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mickaël Maris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mickaël Maris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luka Harris in the 22nd minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, Nova Iguaçu MZFC's goal looked a bit too open when Koby Wright came free, but Mickaël Maris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koby Wright in the 29th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Nova Iguaçu MZFC's goal looked a bit too open when Luka Harris came free, but Mickaël Maris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mickaël Maris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 36th minute of play. After 37 minutes Nova Iguaçu MZFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Koby Wright who took care of the corner kick. Carter George sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Nova Iguaçu MZFC defense, Rohan Watson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mickaël Maris. The Nova Iguaçu MZFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mickaël Maris should have stopped the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Laércio Penha to make the kick off. Mickaël Maris made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luka Harris in the 56th minute. After 60 played minutes Nova Iguaçu MZFC got a freekick which was hit by Zézinho Veloso. Zézinho Veloso kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Richard Mccarthy made in the 65th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Carter George however managed to control. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Edwards in the 69th minute of play forced Nova Iguaçu MZFC's goalkeeper Mickaël Maris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute Canada were awarded a corner. Jan Dixon went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Canada's Luka Harris to fire away a dangerous shot which Mickaël Maris despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Laércio Penha in the 79th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Nova Iguaçu MZFC from getting a goal against them. If Theo Burton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theo Burton in the 95th minute of play forced Nova Iguaçu MZFC's goalkeeper Mickaël Maris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over Canada could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Nova Iguaçu MZFC throughout the match.