Challenge

Estadio Olavarria
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassius Byrne took the kick off in the first half of the match. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Isaias Matas took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Marco Day to make any attempt to save it. In the 19th minute, Isaias Matas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Olavarria FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. If Isaias Matas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Olavarria FC's Mauro Kotlar managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Raphael Moore in the 27 minute of the game. When Olavarria FC's Isaias Matas in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. A throw-in in the 31st minute of the game was made by Raphael Moore with Edward Mcdonald as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Michel Hendrickx 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 33rd minute. 38 minutes into the match, Olavarria FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Michel Hendrickx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 38 minutes of play, USA's Cassius Byrne made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michel Hendrickx was left in no man's land by his defense there! Michel Hendrickx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 41st minute of play. Jacob May kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Isaias Matas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Michel Hendrickx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 55th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Isaias Matas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Isaias Matas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Olavarria FC made a substitution. Ervigio Ojeda replaced Isaias Matas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 70th minute of play forced Olavarria FC's goalkeeper Michel Hendrickx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. The Olavarria FC fans' excitement grew in the 80th match minute when Olavarria FC's Ervigio Ojeda 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. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Olavarria FC's Michel Hendrickx proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Olavarria FC from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zach Harrison got free with Michel Hendrickx in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ervigio Ojeda in the 90th minute of play. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. USA's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Olavarria FC had won, even though USA had held more of the ball.