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Match Report
RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Rene Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 2nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Bruno Fonso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. When Club Ibiza's Bruno Fonso in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bruno Fonso's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. 11 minutes into the match, Bruno Fonso notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rene Higuita having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 20th minute of play forced Club Ibiza's goalkeeper Rene Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bruno Fonso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Fonso, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute, USA's Cassius Byrne ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rene Higuita. Rene Higuita yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. In the 38th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Fonso in the 40th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, USA's Diego Bradley got a free kick in the 45th minute. When Bruno Fonso came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Club Ibiza 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 Bruno Fonso couldn't finish the play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bruno Fonso to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rdth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Club Ibiza's Rene Higuita was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Club Ibiza defense, Monty Rogers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rene Higuita. The Club Ibiza fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rene Higuita should have stopped the shot. 61 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Usuriaga came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rene Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zach Harrison, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Usuriaga, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Club Ibiza's Vebjørn Waaler quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Jacob May, made in the 69th minute of the game. With an all-out effort, Club Ibiza's Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Alberto Usuriaga, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Lúcio Cerezo was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 77 minutes into the match. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. In the 76th minute, one of Club Ibiza: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 Club Ibiza. When Alberto Usuriaga came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Club Ibiza 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 Alberto Usuriaga couldn't finish the play. 91 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Kazuo Koriotto came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 92nd minute, Club Ibiza's Kazuo Koriotto ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marco Day. Marco Day yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. After 94 played minutes Club Ibiza got a freekick which was hit by Alberto Usuriaga. USA's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.
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