Challenge

Estadio ALBERDI
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, 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. Judas Verón started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Judas Verón got free with Marco Day in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 11th minute of play. Bernardo Raggio came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Cassius Byrne. But to his dismay, Cassius Byrne quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The USA fans' excitement grew in the 18th match minute when USA's Edward Mcdonald looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Bernardo Raggio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. The throw-in from Raphael Moore in the 26th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belgrano de Pibasog's Erasmo Jaunzuria. Bernardo Raggio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernardo Raggio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 33rd minute of the match. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Belgrano de Pibasog'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. A well-hit corner resulted in Diego Bradley heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Bernardo Raggio 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 41st minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bernardo Raggio 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. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernardo Raggio having to interfere. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Judas Verón in the 56th minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Judas Verón had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Judas Verón was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Belgrano de Pibasog made a substitution. Melquiades Henrico replaced Honorato Jerrold. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Judas Verón in the 61st minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 62 minutes, Bernardo Raggio successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Bernardo Raggio made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Monty Rogers sent off a good shot on target. 65 minutes into the match, Belgrano de Pibasog's goalkeeper Bernardo Raggio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Monty Rogers. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Raphael Moore made in the 68th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Belgrano de Pibasog's Erasmo Jaunzuria. In the 70th minute, USA's Sam Campbell dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. The audience was convinced that Monty Rogers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardo Raggio was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Bernardo Raggio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 80th minute of the match. Belgrano de Pibasog's Iulian Ilinca was substituted for Judas Verón. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA were awarded a corner in the 83th minute after Belgrano de Pibasog's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jenson Smith took the corner. USA's Jenson Smith was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Bernardo Raggio in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Garcia Morros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of USA booed when Belgrano de Pibasog was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iulian Ilinca didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Iulian Ilinca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st match minute, Belgrano de Pibasog was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eustaquio Fortun to maneuver through the defense. 95 minutes into the match, Khalid Parry dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Bernardo Raggio, 1-4. The Belgrano de Pibasog fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.