Challenge

Estadio ALBERDI
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Belgrano de Pibasog's Judas Verón 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. Through an outstanding action, after 5 minutes, Marco Day successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Belgrano de Pibasog's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eustaquio Fortun in the 6th minute. A nice corner shot did that Clemente Gaizkine got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Belgrano de Pibasog were furious when Justino Frederico was red carded, 11 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 10 minutes into the game, one of Belgrano de Pibasog:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Bernardo Raggio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Bernardo Raggio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 25th minute. The audience was convinced that Jenson Smith's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardo Raggio was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. In the 37th minute of the match Belgrano de Pibasog got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eustaquio Fortun ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, Belgrano de Pibasog's Judas Verón got a free kick in the 37th minute. Bernardo Raggio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 39th minute of play. Bernardo Raggio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernardo Raggio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 44th minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eustaquio Fortun hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. 55 minutes into the match, Belgrano de Pibasog's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Bernardo Raggio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute, Monty Rogers reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bernardo Raggio. The goal made the score 0-1. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Judas Verón, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Belgrano de Pibasog from getting a goal against them. Bernardo Raggio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 71st minute. In the 71st minute, USA's Cassius Byrne ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Bernardo Raggio. Bernardo Raggio yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. 76 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Judas Verón came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. The corner led to Belgrano de Pibasog's Garcia Morros getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sam Campbell got free with Bernardo Raggio in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sam Campbell's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Bernardo Raggio firmly grabbed it by the left post. 89 minutes into the game, Khalid Parry cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Bernardo Raggio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Garcia Morros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 95 minutes into the game, Belgrano de Pibasog's Garcia Morros nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Day made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3.