Challenge

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Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Jarbas Quadros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 4th minute of play. PREZULO FC's Jarbas Quadros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 6th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Monty Rogers left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Jarbas Quadros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 12th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Monty Rogers in the 13th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jarbas Quadros prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jarbas Quadros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 14th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Jarbas Quadros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jarbas Quadros 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 16th minute. After 23 minutes of play, USA's Cassius Byrne made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jarbas Quadros was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Monty Rogers in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jarbas Quadros saved PREZULO FC from getting behind. Jarbas Quadros 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 28th minute. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Raphael Moore hit a great ball. PREZULO FC's Turgut Soyuer got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 40 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Jarbas Quadros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jarbas Quadros was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Turgut Soyuer made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 52nd minute of play forced PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Jarbas Quadros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 55 minutes of play, PREZULO FC's Turgut Soyuer made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 57th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarbas Quadros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Monty Rogers succeeded in the game's 62nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-4. In the 66th minute, Turgut Soyuer made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-4. PREZULO FC's Betão de Brito was substituted for Saulão Chettle. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Jarbas Quadros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 70th minute of the match. 74 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when He Xiao came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isaac Ferreira in the 76th minute of the match. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. The audience was convinced that Betão de Brito's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Jenson Smith fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jarbas Quadros quite easily take care of the ball. Betão de Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th minute, Betão de Brito got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 90th minute of play forced PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Jarbas Quadros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute of the match USA got a corner. PREZULO FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jenson Smith ran over to the corner to take the kick. A very nice done corner allowed Diego Bradley to score against Jarbas Quadros in PREZULO FC's goal. 3-5 after 91 minutes. Jarbas Quadros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 96 minutes into the match, Betão de Brito notched a goal, 4-5, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.