Challenge

Lionel Messi
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Robert Haegg took the kick off in the first half of the match. Fabian Brown lost his temper 3 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in USA fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! After 4 minutes USA's goalkeeper Marco Day managed, with a little bit of luck, save Robert Haegg's penalty, on his right side after a tricky shot. Robert Haegg scored 1-0 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Day, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When USA's Monty Rogers in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalie prevented a goal. Robert Haegg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Monty Rogers recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Xie Bang Ang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 20th minute of the match. Edward Mcdonald took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Xie Bang Ang. Xie Bang Ang dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Toto Monti quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Diego Bradley, made in the 24th minute of the game. Robert Haegg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 41st minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Haegg in the 42nd minute of the match. 45 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Haegg came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Monty Rogers stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52ndth minute of the game Robert Haegg 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. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Benjy Muller was slow to take the kick. During this time ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's players had a chance to rest. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK made a substitution. Emilio Gonzales replaced Jonas Paz. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florentino Berasko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florentino Berasko in the 65th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 69th minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute Jenson Smith shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xie Bang Ang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Emilio Gonzales made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Florentino Berasko got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Florentino Berasko in the 92nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Florentino Berasko in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. When ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Florentino Berasko in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Marco Baker hit a great ball. The ARedonditos de Ricota CFK support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.