Challenge

Honorato Maxin
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Bustick Sport's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Roque Paskal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 4th minute, Cassius Byrne left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mattias Svan in the 11th minute. 18 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mattias Svan. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 19th minute of play forced Bustick Sport's goalkeeper Roque Paskal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Donato Veronica, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roque Paskal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 36th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roque Paskal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 37th minute of play forced Bustick Sport's goalkeeper Roque Paskal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jenson Smith recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Roque Paskal 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 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Roque Paskal didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when USA's Cassius Byrne shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 64th minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roque Paskal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the USA defense, Mattias Svan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. Bustick Sport's Hacıxälil Charalambopoulos was substituted for Mattias Svan. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Bustick Sport's Rodolfo Esquipula was substituted for Kylian Mbakop. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Marco Baker hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hacıxälil Charalambopoulos in the 84th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hacıxälil Charalambopoulos was slow to take the kick. During this time Bustick Sport's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Bustick Sport's Armin Mercuri to fire away a dangerous shot which Marco Day despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Armin Mercuri notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of USA's Marco Day. Marco Day was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roque Paskal came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Khalid Parry. But to his dismay, Khalid Parry quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-4. In the 91st minute, Donato Veronica hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sam Campbell who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 93rdth minute tested the skills of Roque Paskal when he managed to save the team from getting behind. USA played a much better game than Bustick Sport and deserved their victory. The Bustick Sport players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.