Challenge

Arena do Inferno
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Florian Capasso started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Mauro-Facundo Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 3rd minute of play. The corner ended in Cassius Byrne almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Mauro-Facundo Buffon did a great save. Mauro-Facundo Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 9th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Florian Capasso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Merusca F&P - CIMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 13 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Florian Capasso came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mauro-Facundo Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 15th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 16th minute of play forced Merusca F&P - CIMZ's goalkeeper Mauro-Facundo Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro-Facundo Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mauro-Facundo Buffon 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 19th minute. Marcinho Sabóia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. 24 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Mauro-Facundo Buffon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Mauro-Facundo Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 28th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Pedrinho Paranaense hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 36 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Florian Capasso. 37 minutes into the match, Merusca F&P - CIMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Mauro-Facundo Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mauro-Facundo Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 40 minutes into the match, Merusca F&P - CIMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Mauro-Facundo Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, USA's Zach Harrison got a free kick in the 43rd minute. In the 47th minute, Cassius Byrne ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mauro-Facundo Buffon was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. Cassius Byrne who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 53rdth minute tested the skills of Mauro-Facundo Buffon when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Mauro-Facundo Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 55th minute of the match. In the 57th minute Pedrinho Paranaense 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. After 57 minutes of play, Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Pedrinho Paranaense made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 60th minute, Monty Rogers reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mauro-Facundo Buffon. The goal made the score 2-3. Edward Mcdonald recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mauro-Facundo Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 67th minute of play forced Merusca F&P - CIMZ's goalkeeper Mauro-Facundo Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mauro-Facundo Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 71st minute of the match. In the 71st minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro-Facundo Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd minute of the match USA got a corner. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Monty Rogers ran over to the corner to take the kick. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roberto Bolt, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Mauro-Facundo Buffon made a huge save. In the 84th minute, Roberto Bolt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 85 played minutes Merusca F&P - CIMZ got a freekick which was hit by Roberto Bolt. Mauro-Facundo Buffon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Khalid Parry's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. Mauro-Facundo Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalid Parry, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. After 95 minutes of play, Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Hélder Fonseca made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there!