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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. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Britto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Monty Rogers in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nicolas Britto prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Cody Miles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lauro Leite in the 14th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Armando Petrosino's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 22ndth minute, Marco Day skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 25 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nicolas Britto. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Armando Petrosino got free with Marco Day in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cody Miles in the 30th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Nicolas Britto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nicolas Britto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 33rd minute of the match. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ'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 went over the outstretched arms of ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's goalie and right to Jacob May. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Cody Miles stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Cody Miles tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cassius Byrne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 42nd minute, Armando Petrosino 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. Nicolas Britto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Nicolas Britto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 47th minute of play. The ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. USA were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Lauro Leite made the kick off in the second half. Nicolas Britto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 50th 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 Nicolas Britto was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. In the 54th minute of the match USA got a corner. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. USA's Cassius Byrne was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nicolas Britto in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cody Miles in the 58th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lauro Leite in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicolas Britto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Nicolas Britto 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 66th minute. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lauro Leite's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rubens Esteves, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ made a substitution. Luiz Eduardo Valadares replaced Cody Miles. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hartmut Propst in the 84th minute. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Fathoni Baso's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Fathoni Baso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2.