Challenge

Toca da Alcateia
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 2nd minute, when Michel Luz sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jenson Smith in the 5th minute of play forced Atletico Natalense FC-DMZ's goalkeeper Rodriguinho Loureiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 6th minute of the game. One of USA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Atletico Natalense FC-DMZ:s goal. Rodriguinho Loureiro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Rodriguinho Loureiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodriguinho Loureiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 14th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Murilo Cerqueira got free with Marco Day in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Edward Mcdonald fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodriguinho Loureiro having to interfere. Rodriguinho Loureiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 38th minute of play forced Atletico Natalense FC-DMZ's goalkeeper Rodriguinho Loureiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atletico Natalense FC-DMZ's Rodriguinho Loureiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 40th minute of play. Atletico Natalense FC-DMZ's Rodriguinho Loureiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 41st minute of play. After 42 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Zach Harrison. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Michel Luz made a kick off. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Rodriguinho Loureiro made a huge save. Rodriguinho Loureiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 52nd minute of the match. Rodriguinho Loureiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Cassius Byrne got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rodriguinho Loureiro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 62nd minute of play forced Atletico Natalense FC-DMZ's goalkeeper Rodriguinho Loureiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd minute, Monty Rogers left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 73 minutes into the match, Atletico Natalense FC-DMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Rodriguinho Loureiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Monty Rogers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Rodriguinho Loureiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Atletico Natalense FC-DMZ made a substitution. Pedrinho Cardozo replaced Murilo Cerqueira. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michel Luz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodriguinho Loureiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rodriguinho Loureiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rodriguinho Loureiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sam Campbell in the 93rd minute. Sam Campbells short, quick shot in the 93rdth minute got Rodriguinho Loureiro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Atletico Natalense FC-DMZ.