Challenge

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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. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the USA defense, Florin Simuţ kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iker Madrid was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Iker Madrid 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 19th minute. In the 23rd minute of the game Raphael Moore made a throw-in which Monty Rogers played forward. The throw-in from Raphael Moore in the 28th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Celestiales's Jose Bero. If Jiang Sha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Abreu, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Santiago Abreu sent off a good shot on target. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Santiago Abreu sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Celestiales's zone, Cassius Byrne stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Iker Madrid came out of the goal and Cassius Byrne tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Santiago Abreu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. The corner led Celestiales's Jiang Sha to fire away a dangerous shot which Marco Day despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to Celestiales getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Santiago Abreu hit a great ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Santiago Abreu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Celestiales were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jiang Sha took the corner. The corner led Celestiales's Jiang Sha to fire away a dangerous shot which Marco Day despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Mcdonald. After a rather tough play, USA's Raphael Moore got a free kick in the 65th minute. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Abreu, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. 77 minutes into the match, Celestiales's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Iker Madrid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute, Eustaquio Eudoxio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Celestiales fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. In the 87th minute, Khalid Parry 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: 2-1. After having played for 93 minutes, Khalid Parry managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Khalid Parry was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eustaquio Eudoxio in the 95th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.