Challenge

San Juan
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Darío Friederichs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 10th minute of the match. Darío Friederichs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 13th minute of play. After 14 minutes Nibiru X's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cassius Byrne who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Jenson Smith got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Darío Friederichs quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Renato Kilpatrick during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 21 played minutes Nibiru X got a freekick which was hit by Renato Kilpatrick. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. In the 25th minute, Diego Armando Faine left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nibiru X fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 30 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Nibiru X's Darío Friederichs. Darío Friederichs was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Darío Friederichs came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Edward Mcdonald. But to his dismay, Edward Mcdonald quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Godofredo Bombal hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. In the 42nd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Brown to maneuver through the defense. Román Grebe scored 2-2 in the 43rd 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. With an all-out effort, Nibiru X's Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 47 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Fabio Caviedes, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cassius Byrne made a kick off. After 56 minutes, Diego Armando Faine mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nibiru X and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 57th match minute, Nibiru X was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Armando Faine to maneuver through the defense. In the 58th play minute Monty Rogers came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Darío Friederichs. 2-3. In the 63rd minute, Fabio Caviedes made a precise shot to the right of Marco Day. USA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. Jacob May recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. In the 73rd minute, Sam Campbell reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Darío Friederichs. The goal made the score 3-4. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabio Caviedes in the 83rd minute of play. In the 84th minute, Román Grebe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-4. After 91 played minutes Nibiru X got a freekick which was hit by Adelino Monsalve. Darío Friederichs made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. 95 minutes into the match, Nibiru X's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Darío Friederichs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.