Challenge

Baobab Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emiliano Giusto, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Emiliano Giusto 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 Emiliano Giusto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. If Emiliano Giusto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Emiliano Giusto might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emiliano Giusto ran back to his position shaking his head. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emiliano Giusto in the 22nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Monty Rogers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabiano Violento was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 30th minute of play forced Old BaoBaB Accademy's goalkeeper Fabiano Violento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jenson Smith during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, USA's Jenson Smith got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fabiano Violento 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 46th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 47th minute of play forced Old BaoBaB Accademy's goalkeeper Fabiano Violento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Emiliano Giusto was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiliano Giusto in the 50th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Emiliano Giusto sped through USA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marco Day. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Fabiano Violento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Raphael Moore hit a great ball. Monty Rogers might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabiano Violento. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Monty Rogers ran back to his position shaking his head. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emiliano Giusto in the 66th minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Monty Rogers fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Fabiano Violento, passed just outside the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Mcdonald got free with Fabiano Violento in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Old BaoBaB Accademy's Fabiano Violento proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Old BaoBaB Accademy from getting a goal against them. Fabiano Violento showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 82nd minute of the match. 82 minutes into the match, Old BaoBaB Accademy's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Fabiano Violento reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, USA's Raphael Moore got a free kick in the 86th minute. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Old BaoBaB Accademy's Emilio Buffone was substituted for Emiliano Giusto. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Raphael Moore kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Buffone, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. When the referee blew the final whistle, Old BaoBaB Accademy could leave the field as winners, despite USA having more of the ball for most of the match.