Challenge

LA BOMBONERA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Habil Castolo kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 5thth minute. Though ot was a great shot USA's keeper Marco Day was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. After a rather tough play, the xeneise dream team's Genaro Farias got a free kick in the 8th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isaac Sundberg in the 11th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Paolo Eutor showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 13 minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zacharias Siatzis in the 15th minute of play. Vinicio Aires took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 18 played minutes the xeneise dream team got a freekick which was hit by Gaspar Lizardi. Vinicio Aires showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 25th minute of the match. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paolo Eutor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Monty Rogers might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vinicio Aires. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Monty Rogers ran back to his position shaking his head. 37 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Habil Castolo. the xeneise dream team's Vinicio Aires played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 39th minute of play. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the USA 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 Monty Rogers couldn't finish the play. Fabian Brown charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fabian Brown the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Fabian Brown hit a great ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Habil Castolo to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Vinicio Aires was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paolo Eutor in the 55th minute of play. Vinicio Aires 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 57th minute. The audience was convinced that Edward Mcdonald's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vinicio Aires was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Vinicio Aires made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. the xeneise dream team's Domingos Camerino got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Khalid Parry sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Khalid Parry got free with Vinicio Aires in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. the xeneise dream team's Vinicio Aires proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save the xeneise dream team from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, the xeneise dream team's Gaspar Lizardi got a free kick in the 95th minute. Aquiles Mikolas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere.