Challenge

Arena do Inferno
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Florian Capasso started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Mauro-Facundo Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 4th minute of play. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Florian Capasso got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Mauro-Facundo Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koby Wright in the 12th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Merusca F&P - CIMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Koby Wright came free, but Mauro-Facundo Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute Canada were awarded a corner. Koby Wright went to the cornerflag to take it. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fabian Meleșcanu in the 20th minute. Mauro-Facundo Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rohan Watson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mauro-Facundo Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rohan Watson in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Florian Capasso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jax Williamson was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 31 minutes into the match, Florian Capasso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jax Williamson. Canada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Florian Capasso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Jax Williamson made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Fellipe Capixaba sent off a good shot on target. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A nice corner shot did that Koby Wright got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mauro-Facundo Buffon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florian Capasso in the 44th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute Koby Wright shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro-Facundo Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Koby Wright succeeded in the game's 47th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Koby Wright made the kick off in the second half. Mauro-Facundo Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Dixon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes into the game, Kalju Vint threw the ball into play from the sideline. Canada's Eric Hill quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Jan Dixon in the 59thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mauro-Facundo Buffon, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Mauro-Facundo Buffon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan Dixon's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Mauro-Facundo Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Edwards in the 62nd minute of play. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Merusca F&P - CIMZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jan Dixon was slow to take the kick. During this time Canada's players had a chance to rest. Richard Mccarthy was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. When Richard Mccarthy came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Canada 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 Richard Mccarthy couldn't finish the play. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Hélder Fonseca was substituted for Florian Capasso. In the 69th minute Canada were awarded a corner. Jan Dixon went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Jan Dixon almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Mauro-Facundo Buffon did a great save. Mauro-Facundo Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Dixon in the 71st minute of play. Jan Dixon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Mauro-Facundo Buffon made a huge save. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roberto Bolt, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. 82 minutes into the game, Marcinho Sabóia threw the ball into play from the sideline. Canada's Eric Hill quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Jan Dixon scored to the left of an out of position Mauro-Facundo Buffon, making the score, 2-2. Nate Mills made in the 91st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Jan Dixon however managed to control. Mauro-Facundo Buffon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan Dixon in the 92nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Dixon got free with Mauro-Facundo Buffon in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mauro-Facundo Buffon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Filip Edwards went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. When the match was over Canada could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Merusca F&P - CIMZ throughout the match.