Challenge

Alçapão da Baixada
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Laércio Penha started the match with the kick off. Zézinho Veloso fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 9th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. Zézinho Veloso charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zézinho Veloso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Nova Iguaçu MZFC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Zézinho Veloso hit a great ball. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zézinho Veloso in the 14th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Cassius Byrne put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mickaël Maris. In the 18th minute Cassius Byrne 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 Monty Rogers in the 23rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Monty Rogers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mickaël Maris was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. In the 26th minute Cassius Byrne 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. Raphael Moore got a throw-in 35 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Cassius Byrne. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 39th minute of play forced Nova Iguaçu MZFC's goalkeeper Mickaël Maris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cassius Byrne made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris managed to reach the ball for a save. Luiz Fábio de Medeiros hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Nova Iguaçu MZFC defense, Cassius Byrne 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. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Laércio Penha in the 55th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 57th minute of play. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laércio Penha in the 58th minute of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laércio Penha in the 60th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Nova Iguaçu MZFC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Mickaël Maris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mickaël Maris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Cassius Byrne came up free with the goalie in the 68th 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. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Laércio Penha's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. In the 74th minute, Laércio Penha got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Monty Rogers scored 0-3 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mickaël Maris, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 87th minute of play. 89 minutes into the game, Sam Campbell recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mickaël Maris. Sam Campbell showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. When USA's Sam Campbell, in the 93rd minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for USA. 95 minutes into the match, Marco Baker notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris. Mickaël Maris was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.