Challenge

Gasba Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pastor Ihazintu made the kick off which started today's match. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pastor Ihazintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After 8 minutes of play, Canada's Luka Harris made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eugenio Santoro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rohan Watson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pastor Ihazintu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eugenio Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koby Wright in the 17th minute of the match. After 18 minutes Urbs LC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Koby Wright who took care of the corner kick. 19 minutes into the match, Urbs LC's goal looked a bit too open when Carter George came free, but Eugenio Santoro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jax Williamson made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Pastor Ihazintu sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Luka Harris's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugenio Santoro was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Luka Harris put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Eugenio Santoro. 26 minutes into the match, Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pastor Ihazintu. 31 minutes into the game, Carter George cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Eugenio Santoro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cezary Tusk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Jax Williamson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Canada's Jax Williamson got control of the ball when Gilberto Hats tried to sneak it across the goal line. Eugenio Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rohan Watson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 40 minutes into the match, Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pastor Ihazintu. When Pastor Ihazintu got free in front of the goal in the 41st minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Jax Williamson was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Eugenio Santoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 42nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pastor Ihazintu in the 44th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Canada's Jax Williamson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilberto Hats in the 45th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Koby Wright was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Pastor Ihazintu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Urbs LC's Eugenio Santoro got control of the ball when Rohan Watson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Tusk, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After some careless play in the Urbs LC defense, Koby Wright kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eugenio Santoro. The Urbs LC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eugenio Santoro should have stopped the shot. Eugenio Santoro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rohan Watson went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Canada's Theo Burton was substituted for Rohan Watson. Urbs LC made a substitution. Edoardo Zuccarini replaced Diego Lusi. Alfred John's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Eugenio Santoro firmly grabbed it by the left post. 70 minutes into the match, Urbs LC's goalkeeper Eugenio Santoro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Filip Edwards. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Urbs LC's goalkeeper Eugenio Santoro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 73 minutes, Edgardo Lucado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Urbs LC and the Canada players grew even worse after the yellow card. The goalkeeper, Eugenio Santoro, was totally fooled by Canada's Jan Dixon, who 74 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Jax Williamson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pastor Ihazintu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes into the match, Pastor Ihazintu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jax Williamson. Canada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pastor Ihazintu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. 85 minutes into the game, Pastor Ihazintu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-6. Jax Williamson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eugenio Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eugenio Santoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Prince Anderson in the 92nd minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Ihazintu came free, but Jax Williamson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute, Gervaso Abenda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Urbs LC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-6. Canada's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.