Challenge

Ayrton Senna Stadium
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Raphael Moore made in the 4th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Cassius Byrne immediately put the ball in play. ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's attentive Luisinho Xande managed to snatch the ball when Raphael Moore made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Tao Yu Qing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's Evaristo Tinoco got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Evaristo Tinoco went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Tao Yu Qing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 20th minute of play. Marco Day was out of position in the 23 minute of play, and Evaristo Tinoco capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Evaristo Tinoco really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. 28 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Tao Yu Qing was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 32nd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tao Yu Qing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Evaristo Tinoco sent off a good shot on target. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tadeu Loyola was slow to take the kick. During this time ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's players had a chance to rest. ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's Tao Yu Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 39th minute of play. Tao Yu Qing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 40th minute of play. Tao Yu Qing 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 42nd minute. Tao Yu Qing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 45th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. Tao Yu Qing 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 53rd minute. In the 55th 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. Tao Yu Qing made an important save on a dangerous shot by Monty Rogers in the 58th minute. Evaristo Tinoco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evaristo Tinoco in the 61st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Tao Yu Qing made a huge save. Tao Yu Qing 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 65th minute. ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ made a substitution. Gabriel Quadros replaced Everardo Paublo. ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's Tao Yu Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 71st minute of play. After a rather tough play, ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's Luisinho Xande got a free kick in the 71st minute. In the 74th minute, USA's Monty Rogers ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tao Yu Qing. Tao Yu Qing yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akşemseddin Uysal, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Tao Yu Qing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 79th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the match, ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Tao Yu Qing reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 92nd minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tao Yu Qing was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. USA were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.