Challenge

Independence Park
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Finlay Stair took the kick off in the first half of the match. Demonde Jacobson came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Rua da Pinga's Cezary Karpinski. But to his dismay, Cezary Karpinski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. With 7 minutes on the clock, Wayan Freeman commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 6th minute, one of Jamaica:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Jamaica. After 11 minutes of play, Rua da Pinga's Sidónio Pacheco made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Demonde Jacobson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jarell Hill fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 朱延岩 having to interfere. If Jarell Hill had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 21 minutes into the game, Filipe Guimarães was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rua da Pinga's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jamaica the free kick. Filipe Guimarães kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Jarell Hill sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Rua da Pinga's Etienne Krummenacher got a free kick in the 26th minute. Demonde Jacobson came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Rua da Pinga's Etienne Krummenacher. But to his dismay, Etienne Krummenacher quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. After a rather tough play, Jamaica's Geroy Ascue got a free kick in the 34th minute. After 35 played minutes, Rua da Pinga's Franck Abildvang shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Rua da Pinga reached it. Demonde Jacobson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidónio Pacheco in the 36th minute of play. Demonde Jacobson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cezary Karpinski in the 37th minute of the match. If Etienne Krummenacher had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 40th minute, Cezary Karpinski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rua da Pinga fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. Demonde Jacobson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cezary Karpinski in the 43rd minute of play. In the 47th minute, Cezary Karpinski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Demonde Jacobson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-7 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cezary Karpinski to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Rua da Pinga's Sidónio Pacheco dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. A hard shot 56 in the game by Sidónio Pacheco from a close distance when the talented Demonde Jacobson managed to make a qualified save. Jamaica's players were relieved. 0-9 became the score in the 58th minute when Cezary Karpinski elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Demonde Jacobson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erasmo Tabor in the 62nd minute. 64 minutes into the match, Etienne Krummenacher had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Demonde Jacobson. Jamaica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Etienne Krummenacher was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. A hard shot 66 in the game by Sidónio Pacheco from a close distance when the talented Demonde Jacobson managed to make a qualified save. Jamaica's players were relieved. Demonde Jacobson was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cezary Karpinski showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-11 in the 67 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Rua da Pinga's Sidónio Pacheco slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Demonde Jacobson. That made the score 0-12 after 70 minutes of play. 73 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sidónio Pacheco. Demonde Jacobson came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Rua da Pinga's Etienne Krummenacher. But to his dismay, Etienne Krummenacher quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-13. Gil Santarém was extremely unlucky when he, in the 78th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Demonde Jacobson was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sidónio Pacheco showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-14 in the 79 minute of play. Demonde Jacobson made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Etienne Krummenacher sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cezary Karpinski in the 84th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sidónio Pacheco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Demonde Jacobson made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cezary Karpinski in the 87th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Gil Santarém 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. With a little luck, Jamaica's Demonde Jacobson got control of the ball when Etienne Krummenacher tried to sneak it across the goal line. Demonde Jacobson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Erasmo Tabor went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-15 was the resulting score. When Etienne Krummenacher came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Rua da Pinga 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 Etienne Krummenacher couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Rua da Pinga left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Jamaica.