Challenge

Arena Campos Stadium
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. Júlio Saraivas short, quick shot in the 2ndth minute got Marco Day to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Aníbal Vidal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Cassius Byrne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonard Olejasz having to interfere. After having played for 8 minutes, Cassius Byrne managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cassius Byrne was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Júlio Saraiva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Júlio Saraiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Cassius Byrne managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Cassius Byrne was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonard Olejasz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 20 minutes into the game, USA's Monty Rogers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Leonard Olejasz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Semi Yaltır got free with Marco Day in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leonard Olejasz was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 37th minute, Cassius Byrne 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. Leonard Olejasz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 40th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Monty Rogers managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Monty Rogers was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonard Olejasz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 47 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leonard Olejasz. FC Gustavo FPRMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cassius Byrne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3.

The wind increased when Júlio Saraiva made the kick off in the second half. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agostinho Moraes in the 53rd minute of play. In the 58th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonard Olejasz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Semi Yaltır's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Leonard Olejasz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 65th minute. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. With a little luck, FC Gustavo FPRMZ's Leonard Olejasz got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Júlio Saraiva's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Sam Campbell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Leonard Olejasz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. USA's Sam Campbell got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FC Gustavo FPRMZ's Leonard Olejasz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save FC Gustavo FPRMZ from getting a goal against them. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jenson Smith in the 88th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of FC Gustavo FPRMZ's goalie and right to Khalid Parry. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. FC Gustavo FPRMZ's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Thanks to some nice moves Sam Campbell could shoot a difficult shot in the 91st minute, which Leonard Olejasz however easily saved by the left post. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Gustavo FPRMZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jenson Smith was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The FC Gustavo FPRMZ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.