Challenge

Arena do Gigante
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Ruisko in the 4th minute of the match. Mateus Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 6th minute of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Ruisko in the 7th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paolo Ruisko in the 7th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. In the 16th minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateus Cruz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mateus Cruz was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 26th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateus Cruz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed 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 Martin Ødegaard in the 29th minute of play. Cassius Byrne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Paolo Ruisko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. When UPTEXTIL.COM's Paolo Ruisko in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. 37 minutes into the match, UPTEXTIL.COM's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Mateus Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Ruisko in the 38th minute of the match. Cüneyt Berksoy struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Marco Day didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for UPTEXTIL.COM.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Martin Ødegaard was the one to do the kick off. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paolo Ruisko, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. UPTEXTIL.COM's Mário Maldini was substituted for Zé Paulo Queirós. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paolo Ruisko in the 63rd minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Ødegaard in the 65th minute of play. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. UPTEXTIL.COM's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pontus Hjortberg in the 68th minute. Mateus Cruz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sam Campbell showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 70 minute of play. Edward Mcdonald recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. In the 78th match minute, UPTEXTIL.COM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Doğuhan Yasun to maneuver through the defense. Mateus Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jenson Smith in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute USA were awarded a corner. Jenson Smith went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 82nd minute Martin Ødegaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pontus Hjortberg was slow to take the kick. During this time UPTEXTIL.COM's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Pontus Hjortberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mateus Cruz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sam Campbell, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. In the 93rdth minute of the game Cüneyt Berksoy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 95th minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateus Cruz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than UPTEXTIL.COM.