Challenge

Carminati
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. The Olimpo de Bahia Blanca fans' excitement grew in the 5th match minute when Olimpo de Bahia Blanca's Zé Tola 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 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Diego Bradley got a throw-in 8 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Jenson Smith. Monty Rogers took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rudolf Meulman. Rudolf Meulman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Rigoberto Inguma received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rudolf Meulman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 19th minute of the match. Rudolf Meulman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 21st minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Rigoberto Inguma came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Olimpo de Bahia Blanca getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Luisito Nesor hit a great ball. When USA's Cassius Byrne in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Olimpo de Bahia Blanca's goalie prevented a goal. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Olimpo de Bahia Blanca's Zé Tola. But to his dismay, Zé Tola quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Diego Bradley hit a great ball. Rigoberto Inguma fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Tola in the 43rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 45 played minutes Olimpo de Bahia Blanca got a freekick which was hit by Edmund Tomiczek. The audience held their breath when Cassius Byrne in the 47th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Rudolf Meulman's left hand side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zé Tola was the one to do the kick off. Rudolf Meulman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Through an outstanding action, after 65 minutes, Rudolf Meulman successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Tola in the 66th minute of the match. Edmund Tomiczek hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rudolf Meulman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 76th 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. Rudolf Meulman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 77th minute of the match. Teodoro Cisco's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teodoro Cisco helped the player get up and apologised. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. After 82 played minutes Olimpo de Bahia Blanca got a freekick which was hit by Teodoro Cisco. 87 minutes into the match, Zé Tola notched a goal, 4-1, 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Sam Campbell kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rudolf Meulman. That made the score 4-2 in the 92 minute of play. The Olimpo de Bahia Blanca support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.