Challenge

La Playa
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute Stamen Tekeliev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Playa Malvín's Zé Roberto Teixeira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 9th minute of play. If Stamen Tekeliev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stamen Tekeliev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. After 18 minutes of play, Playa Malvín's Stamen Tekeliev made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 29th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Roberto Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stamen Tekeliev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. In the 37th minute Stamen Tekeliev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stamen Tekeliev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stamen Tekeliev in the 38th minute of play. Zé Roberto Teixeira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute, Sandu Mândrilă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Playa Malvín's Zé Roberto Teixeira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 45th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stamen Tekeliev stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zé Roberto Teixeira was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stamen Tekeliev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zé Roberto Teixeira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Stamen Tekeliev came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 64th minute of play forced Playa Malvín's goalkeeper Zé Roberto Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jenson Smith's late challenge caught a Playa Malvín's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jenson Smith helped the player get up and apologised. After 69 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Jenson Smith. Playa Malvín made a substitution. Quinto Ampudia replaced Stamen Tekeliev. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Jenson Smith hit a great ball. Zé Roberto Teixeira made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. Playa Malvín's Quinto Ampudia got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Zé Roberto Teixeira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Baker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes into the match, Sam Campbell notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Playa Malvín's Zé Roberto Teixeira. Zé Roberto Teixeira was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Playa Malvín.