Challenge

Cactão
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cengizhan Baycan made the kick off which started today's match. Bran Allison showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 4th minute of the match. USA were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Cactos's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. Diego Bradley made in the 8th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Jenson Smith immediately put the ball in play. Bran Allison made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cactos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Cassius Byrne almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Cactos's Bran Allison did a great save. In the 15th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bran Allison saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cassius Byrne scored 0-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bran Allison, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cengizhan Baycan in the 24th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th match minute, Cactos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nando Leal to maneuver through the defense. Bran Allison showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 32nd minute of the match. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cengizhan Baycan in the 35th minute of play. Bran Allison showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 39th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cassius Byrne in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bran Allison saved Cactos from getting behind. In the 43rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bran Allison saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bran Allison showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 44th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Cassius Byrne made the kick off in the second half. Bran Allison 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 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 51st minute of play forced Cactos's goalkeeper Bran Allison to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Monty Rogers reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bran Allison. The goal made the score 0-2. Bran Allison made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Gary Petrie kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Bran Allison made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zach Harrison in the 66th minute. Cactos's Bran Allison played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 68th minute of play. In the 71stth minute of the game Luisinho Maciel 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. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Bran Allison showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 83rd minute of the match. Nando Leal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Bran Allison made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zach Harrison in the 87th minute of play. Bran Allison took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 95thth minute of the game Luisinho Maciel 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. After 96th play minutes Luisinho Maciel shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Marco Day and just under the crossbar into goal. The Cactos fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.