Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcelo Cordero made the kick off which started today's match. Conor Gallagher blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jax Williamson having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martín Ferreyra in the 7th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rohan Watson in the 10th minute of play forced Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's goalkeeper Dražen Ladić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13thth minute of the game Rohan Watson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's Dražen Ladić was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jax Williamson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcelo Cordero in the 14th minute of play. Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Martín Ferreyra in the 15th minute. After taking down the ball on Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's corner Hélder Donatello fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jax Williamson quite easily take care of the ball. In the 16th minute, Koby Wright ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dražen Ladić was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Dražen Ladić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rohan Watson in the 19th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Paulino Admon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot by Koby Wright from long distance, 20 minutes into the match, got Dražen Ladić's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Dražen Ladić made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Rohan Watson sent off a good shot on target. In the 25th match minute, Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Conor Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. 27 minutes into the match, Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's goalkeeper Dražen Ladić had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luka Harris. The crowd rose to their feet as Luka Harris kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dražen Ladić. That made the score 2-0 in the 27 minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Rohan Watson notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's Dražen Ladić. Dražen Ladić was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 33rd minute Marcelo Cordero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jax Williamson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Canada's Luka Harris, in the 39th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Canada. With a little luck, Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's Dražen Ladić got control of the ball when Luka Harris tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dražen Ladić made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Luka Harris sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Koby Wright in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dražen Ladić prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dražen Ladić was out of position in the 44 minute of play, and Koby Wright capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Koby Wright really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Koby Wright stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Conor Gallaghers short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got Jax Williamson to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jax Williamson stood somewhat misplaced when Conor Gallagher came free in front of goal and shot 4-1 to the left of him in the 54 minute. Jax Williamson was a little too slow when Martín Ferreyra got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 60th minute. The score was now 4-2. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martín Ferreyra, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Jax Williamson made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Martín Ferreyra sent off a good shot on target. If Filip Edwards had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 73rd minute Filip Edwards shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dražen Ladić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Conor Gallagher came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT 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 Conor Gallagher couldn't finish the play. Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's Jose Rayman was substituted for Conor Gallagher. Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's Zheng Jing Feng was substituted for Marcelo Cordero. After 79 minutes, Leonard Purcaru mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT and the Canada players grew even worse after the yellow card. Leonard Purcaru kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, Canada's Jan Dixon broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Fac. de Ed. Fisica UNT's Dražen Ladić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theo Burton in the 90th minute of play. Dražen Ladić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Theo Burton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Prince Anderson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Canada's supporters rose to their feet, but Prince Anderson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dražen Ladić breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.