Challenge

Ricart FC
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. Andres Ekhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 4th minute of the match. Diego Bradley made in the 5th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Monty Rogers. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 8th minute of play forced Ricart Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Andres Ekhi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andres Ekhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 11th minute of the match. Andres Ekhi came out of the goal in the 12th 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 0-1. In the 22nd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andres Ekhi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of USA booed when Ricart Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reinaldo Palmeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. 24 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Andres Ekhi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Zach Harrison hit a great ball. Doron Bantz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Andres Ekhi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 41st minute of play. Andres Ekhi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 44th minute of play. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Ramalho in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Ramalho in the 52nd minute of play. In the 52nd minute, Abel Ramalho 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 1-2. Doron Bantz hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Ricart Futebol Clube's Marcos Prado was substituted for Vlad Geamănu. Andres Ekhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 68th minute of the match. Ricart Futebol Clube's Andres Ekhi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 74th minute of play. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Eusebio Hori left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ricart Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. In the 83rd minute, Emanuel Olisadebe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 85th minute of play forced Ricart Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Andres Ekhi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sam Campbell received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Andres Ekhi came out and tried to block the shot, but Sam Campbell slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 88th minute. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Ricart Futebol Clube.