Challenge

B. B. Bats Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Horaţiu Bacalbașa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Quentin Platt stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Quentin Platt tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Abílio Severiano fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bacardi Black Bats's protests and gave Abílio Severiano a yellow card for diving instead. In the 7th match minute, Bacardi Black Bats was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abílio Severiano to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artur Brudzisz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artur Brudzisz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 10th minute of play. After 11 played minutes Bacardi Black Bats got a freekick which was hit by Michal Parzysz. In the 13th minute, Edward Mcdonald made a precise shot to the right of Artur Brudzisz. Bacardi Black Bats's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Artur Brudzisz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 17th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Horaţiu Bacalbașa got free with Marco Day in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. USA's attack was well implemented in the 21st minute, but when Jacob May was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Artur Brudzisz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 23rd minute of the match. Artur Brudzisz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 25th minute of the match. Artur Brudzisz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 27th minute of the match. Horaţiu Bacalbașa succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 32nd playminute. Jacob May fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artur Brudzisz having to interfere. Bacardi Black Bats's Artur Brudzisz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 39th minute of play. Artur Brudzisz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horaţiu Bacalbașa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cassius Byrne made a kick off. Artur Brudzisz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 51st minute of the match. Bacardi Black Bats's Artur Brudzisz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Bacardi Black Bats from getting a goal against them. Artur Brudzisz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Bacardi Black Bats's Artur Brudzisz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 60th minute of play. Artur Brudzisz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horaţiu Bacalbașa, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Edward Mcdonald kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Artur Brudzisz. That made the score 1-2 in the 66 minute of play. Bacardi Black Bats made a substitution. Alexandre Mafra replaced Quentin Platt. Bacardi Black Bats made a substitution. Alexandre Mourinho replaced Cristóvão França. Michal Parzysz hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. After having played for 74 minutes, Jacob May managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jacob May was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Bacardi Black Bats's Horaţiu Bacalbașa. But to his dismay, Horaţiu Bacalbașa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horaţiu Bacalbașa in the 83rd minute of play. Artur Brudzisz was out of position in the 85 minute of play, and Sam Campbell capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sam Campbell really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. Artur Brudzisz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 90th minute of the match. Artur Brudzisz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 94th minute of play. The supporters of USA booed when Bacardi Black Bats was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hermenegildo Rebelo didn't get a good kick on the ball. USA played a much better game than Bacardi Black Bats and deserved their victory. The Bacardi Black Bats players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.