Challenge

Princes Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Francisco Seco made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes, Slawomir Bambas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Inter Miami and the Uruguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Uruguay booed when Inter Miami was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slawomir Bambas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 5 played minutes, Uruguay's Jaime Cazalla shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Olaf Brytka came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Uruguay reached it. The supporters of Uruguay booed when Inter Miami was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boruc Petka didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Zbigniew Gregorczyk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Uruguay's Maximiliano Escribano got a free kick in the 9th minute. Olaf Brytka came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Uruguay's Francisco Seco. But to his dismay, Francisco Seco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to Inter Miami getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Zbigniew Gregorczyk hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Inter Miami's Wasyl Zahemski got a free kick in the 16th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Inter Miami's goal looked a bit too open when Maximiliano Escribano came free, but Olaf Brytka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 27 minutes of play Inter Miami's Slawomir Bambas was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Inter Miami's Slawomir Bambas got a free kick in the 28th minute. Jaime Cazalla took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 29th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Olaf Brytka. Inter Miami's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Olaf Brytka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximiliano Escribano in the 32nd minute of the match. A collision led to Inter Miami getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Artur Golota hit a great ball. Francisco Seco might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Olaf Brytka. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Francisco Seco ran back to his position shaking his head. Olaf Brytka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Cazalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Maximiliano Escribano took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Olaf Brytka. Olaf Brytka dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After the first half Uruguay were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Waldemar Walkowski was the one to do the kick off. Uruguay's Camilo Franco got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Inter Miami's defense didn't have a chance, in the 61st minute, when Jaime Cazalla scored to the left of an out of position Olaf Brytka, making the score, 1-3. Maximiliano Escribano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Olaf Brytka made a huge save. Francisco Seco kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. The supporters of Uruguay booed when Inter Miami was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ludomil Banas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Maximiliano Escribano was extremely unlucky when he, in the 73rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Francisco Seco kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 81st minute of the match Jaime Cazalla shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Olaf Brytka showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 83rd minute, Maximiliano Escribano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alberto Gisbert hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Francisco Seco's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Olaf Brytka firmly grabbed it by the left post. Uruguay played a much better game than Inter Miami and deserved their victory. The Inter Miami players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.