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ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. When José Sand came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the ITAFUT 4EVER fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that José Sand couldn't finish the play. In the 13th minute, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marco Day. Marco Day yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Monty Rogers hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. A throw-in in the 35th minute of the game was made by Raphael Moore with Cassius Byrne as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 41 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ITAFUT 4EVER were awarded a corner in the 43th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Robert Arboleda took the corner. João Vítor Porto hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Vítor Porto in the 45th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by ITAFUT 4EVER's João Vítor Porto. But to his dismay, João Vítor Porto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when José Sand made the kick off in the second half. The ITAFUT 4EVER fans' excitement grew in the 54th match minute when ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. José Sand sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 59th minute José Sand shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nilson Peres made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 61st minute. USA were awarded a corner in the 64th minute after ITAFUT 4EVER's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Jacob May advanced and headed the ball into goal, 4-2 in the 64th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Nilson Peres in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 68 minutes into the game, ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio 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, 5-2. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilson Peres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Nilson Peres made a huge save. Sam Campbell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nilson Peres having to interfere. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Jardel Baggio scored 6-2 in the 84th 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. Raphael Moore got a throw-in 92 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Khalid Parry. Khalid Parry's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 93rdth minute, Nilson Peres skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 94th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilson Peres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. ITAFUT 4EVER were victorious despite being under pressure from USA for much of the match.