Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) INTOCABLES 2oo4's Gerson Santana started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Robert Bresson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 6th minute. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnaitz Bartumeu, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 10 minutes into the match, INTOCABLES 2oo4's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Robert Bresson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute Manoj Espinosa 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. Robert Bresson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 26 minutes into the match, INTOCABLES 2oo4's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Robert Bresson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute, Jenson Smith hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ibon Duarte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manoj Espinosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. In the 48thth minute of the game Ibon Duarte 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. INTOCABLES 2oo4's Robert Bresson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 52nd minute of play. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Ibon Duarte tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manoj Espinosa in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Robert Bresson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 60th minute of the match. Robert Bresson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 69th minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, Alberto Saz 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 Alberto Saz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 81st minute of play forced INTOCABLES 2oo4's goalkeeper Robert Bresson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lei Fan Chuan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, INTOCABLES 2oo4's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Robert Bresson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Robert Bresson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sam Campbell, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. 95 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Saz came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. USA had played much better football throughout.