Challenge

Stella Noire Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. Ignacio Di Stasi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 6th minute of play. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11th minute, Taribo West got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Taribo West in the 18th minute. 23 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Taribo West. In the 28th minute, Pedro Domingues got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Domingues in the 36th minute of play. In the 36th minute, Pedro Domingues left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Isótopos V.M. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Ignacio Di Stasi came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Monty Rogers. But to his dismay, Monty Rogers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Ignacio Di Stasi 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 42nd minute. Taribo West received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

51 minutes into the game, Isótopos V.M.'s Pedro Domingues nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Day made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After a rather tough play, Isótopos V.M.'s Domingo Oihenarte got a free kick in the 53rd minute. With an all-out effort, USA's Ignacio Di Stasi threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Edward Mcdonald, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 55th minute. Cassius Byrne made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Isótopos V.M.'s Ignacio Di Stasi managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jacob May got free with Ignacio Di Stasi in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Taribo West, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taribo West in the 61st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65thth minute of the game Pedro Domingues who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Isótopos V.M. made a substitution. Gualterio Mede replaced Pedro Domingues. Isótopos V.M.'s Fulgencio Matia was substituted for Jonatan Maidana. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Diego Bradley made in the 72nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jenson Smith. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. The supporters of USA booed when Isótopos V.M. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Crişan Fenomeno didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 84th minute, Jenson Smith fired a really elegant long shot, but Ignacio Di Stasi threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Albeiro Usuriaga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Isótopos V.M. getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Fulgencio Matia hit a great ball. USA's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Isótopos V.M. had won, even though USA had held more of the ball.