Challenge

255. Miroslav Klose
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elvio Frances, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Blomkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 8thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 13th minute, Peter Blomkvist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elvio Frances, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. After some careless play in the Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ defense, Cassius Byrne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicasio Abad. The Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicasio Abad should have stopped the shot. Fabian Brown kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Cassius Byrne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicasio Abad having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Peter Blomkvist got free with Marco Day in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Peter Blomkvist sent off a good shot on target. In the 34thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marco Day was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Peter Blomkvist capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Peter Blomkvist really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. The corner ended in Diego Bradley almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad did a great save. 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 44th minute. Nicasio Abad 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 48th minute, Raphael Moore hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Blomkvist in the 67th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 69 minutes, Nicasio Abad successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Pietro Salles was substituted for Peter Blomkvist. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. USA were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Monty Rogers took the corner. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Pietro Salles got a good chance for a goal in the 76th 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. After 78 played minutes Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ got a freekick which was hit by Sergio Saturno. A hard shot 83 in the game by Sam Campbell from a close distance when the talented Nicasio Abad managed to make a qualified save. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s players were relieved. Blas Frances kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Nicasio Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jenson Smith in the 85th minute of the match. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Nicasio Abad made a huge save. Ahmet Demircioğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nicasio Abad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalid Parry, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. USA were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.