Challenge

Santiago Bernabéu
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. Manole Cristoiu started the match with the kick off. Manole Cristoiu kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th 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. Artzai Tarin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Orgullo's Artzai Tarin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 16th minute of play. In the 16thth minute of the game Edward Mcdonald who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orgullo's Artzai Tarin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Manole Cristoiu took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Marco Day to make any attempt to save it. Artzai Tarin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 24th minute of the match. Artzai Tarin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 31st minute of play. Cristobal Mendebal hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Cassius Byrne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manole Cristoiu in the 38th minute of the match. Orgullo's Artzai Tarin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 40th minute of play. Artzai Tarin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of play. The supporters of USA booed when Orgullo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gungun Karo-karo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Manole Cristoiu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Cassius Byrne came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the USA 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 Cassius Byrne couldn't finish the play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cassius Byrne made a kick off. Orgullo's Artzai Tarin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 53rd minute of play. In the 56th minute Zach Harrison shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artzai Tarin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artzai Tarin made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. 60 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Artzai Tarin, 1-1. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Orgullo's Manole Cristoiu. But to his dismay, Manole Cristoiu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Artzai Tarin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Orgullo's goalkeeper Artzai Tarin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. 75 minutes into the match, Aimar Barro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aimar Barro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 82nd match minute, Orgullo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franco Grau to maneuver through the defense. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. A hard and well directed shot from Diego Bradley led 84 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Orgullo's Artzai Tarin became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 3-2. 91 minutes into the match, Khalid Parry notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Orgullo's Artzai Tarin. Artzai Tarin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.