Challenge

Arena do Gigante
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Martin Ødegaard started the match with the kick off. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Ruisko in the 5th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Ødegaard in the 10th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Ruisko in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 18th minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Mateus Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martin Ødegaard in the 22ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marco Day, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Ødegaard in the 26th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 32nd minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Mateus Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Martin Ødegaard in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. After taking down the ball on UPTEXTIL.COM's corner Belchior Mamatov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. Mateus Cruz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute.

52 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Cüneyt Berksoy came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mateus Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 55th minute of the match. Cassius Byrne took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mateus Cruz. Mateus Cruz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paolo Ruisko in the 70th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Ødegaard in the 74th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Mcdonald was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mateus Cruz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. UPTEXTIL.COM made a substitution. Hugo do Valle replaced Paolo Ruisko. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. The audience was convinced that Martin Ødegaard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. After some careless play in the USA defense, Martin Ødegaard kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Ødegaard in the 87th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute Cüneyt Berksoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pontus Hjortberg was slow to take the kick. During this time UPTEXTIL.COM's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Pontus Hjortberg almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. When UPTEXTIL.COM's Hugo do Valle, in the 94th 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 UPTEXTIL.COM.