Challenge

Fernando Redondo
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. Juguemos con el 5's Robustiano Quintin managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jacob May in the 6 minute of the game. Juguemos con el 5's Salvador Urki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 8th minute of play. In the 10th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Salvador Urki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juguemos con el 5's Salvador Urki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 12th minute of play. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erling Håland in the 13th minute. In the 17th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Salvador Urki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Erling Håland tried to sneak it across the goal line. Erling Håland could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. In the 30th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Salvador Urki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, Juguemos con el 5's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Salvador Urki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Juguemos con el 5's Salvador Urki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th minute, Erling Håland got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Salvador Urki 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 Zach Harrison in the 38th minute of play forced Juguemos con el 5's goalkeeper Salvador Urki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Segundo Fix'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. Segundo Fix helped the player get up and apologised. After 40 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Juguemos con el 5! The referee gave USA a penalty, 41 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Cassius Byrne, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Juguemos con el 5's Salvador Urki. 0-1. Erling Håland fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. After the first half USA were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Juguemos con el 5's Salvador Urki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 53rd minute of play. In the 57th minute of the match, Cassius Byrne got a very nice opportunity to score, but Salvador Urki was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Juguemos con el 5's Salvador Urki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Juguemos con el 5 from getting a goal against them. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Salvador Urki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Juguemos con el 5 made a substitution. Dorel Antohi replaced Robustiano Quintin. Juguemos con el 5's Justin Lagdon managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Raphael Moore in the 75 minute of the game. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. The crowd rose to their feet as Sam Campbell kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Salvador Urki. That made the score 0-2 in the 78 minute of play. Jorge Ekaitz might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jorge Ekaitz ran back to his position shaking his head. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Ekaitz in the 86th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jorge Ekaitz in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. USA played a much better game than Juguemos con el 5 and deserved their victory. The Juguemos con el 5 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.