Challenge

Estádio O Legendário
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Alfredo Martins started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredo Martins came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 4 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredo Martins came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dida Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 10th minute of the match. In the 11th of the match, Nestor Paraibano tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Marco Day got in the way and made a wonderful save. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Alfredo Martins stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Alfredo Martins tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 14thth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 15th minute, Monty Rogers 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. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 19th minute. Raphael Moore was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Martins in the 21st minute of the match. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 23rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dida Taffarel was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. When Marquês de Herval's Alfredo Martins 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gao Xiang Guang during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gao Xiang Guang hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Dida Taffarel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cassius Byrne's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 35th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 40th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Marquês de Herval booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cassius Byrne didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th minute Jacob May shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute, one of Marquês de Herval:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Marquês de Herval. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in 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. In the 51st match minute, Marquês de Herval was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gao Xiang Guang to maneuver through the defense. 52 minutes into the match, Edward Mcdonald notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel. Dida Taffarel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Dida Taffarel made a huge save. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nestor Paraibano in the 61st minute of play. Cassius Byrne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dida Taffarel having to interfere. Alfredo Martins received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 72 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Dida Taffarel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. Dida Taffarel was a little too slow when Sam Campbell got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 74th minute. The score was now 0-4. Alfredo Martins received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. With a little luck, Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nestor Paraibano in the 86th minute of play. If Jacob May had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Baker in the 96th minute of play.