Challenge

Arboretum
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Haiti's Jonathan Alphonse started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the match, Haiti's goal looked a bit too open when Teofilo Cefero came free, but Noel Seide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Teofilo Cefero's late challenge caught a Haiti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teofilo Cefero helped the player get up and apologised. After 13 played minutes Milagro Sobre Césped got a freekick which was hit by Teofilo Cefero. 19 minutes into the game, Jean Claude Ulysse was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Haiti's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Milagro Sobre Césped the free kick. The supporters of Milagro Sobre Césped booed when Haiti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jean Claude Ulysse didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 23rd minute, Ernso Constant hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Haiti's Noel Seide got control of the ball when Teofilo Cefero tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the Haiti defense, Leon Txatxu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Noel Seide. The Haiti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Noel Seide should have stopped the shot. 37 minutes into the match, Haiti's goal looked a bit too open when Omar Cordairo came free, but Noel Seide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Milagro Sobre Césped's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Alphonse came free, but Carlos Van Lint reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Teofilo Cefero succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 41st playminute. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Teofilo Cefero was the one to do the kick off. After 56 minutes, Felix Dorval mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Haiti and the Milagro Sobre Césped players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Haiti's Felix Dorval got a free kick in the 57th minute. 58 minutes into the match, Haiti's goal looked a bit too open when Teofilo Cefero came free, but Noel Seide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Leon Txatxu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Noel Seide didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leon Txatxu went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. 72 minutes into the game, Milagro Sobre Césped's Leon Txatxu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Noel Seide made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Noel Seide made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Txatxu in the 81st minute of play. 83 minutes into the game, Teofilo Cefero cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Noel Seide was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Noel Seide came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Milagro Sobre Césped's Leon Txatxu. But to his dismay, Leon Txatxu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. Noel Seide took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Omar Cordairo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Ernso Constant fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Haiti's protests and gave Ernso Constant a yellow card for diving instead. After 93 played minutes Haiti got a freekick which was hit by Ernso Constant. Noel Seide came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Milagro Sobre Césped's Teofilo Cefero. But to his dismay, Teofilo Cefero quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Milagro Sobre Césped fully deserved thier win.