Challenge

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) AFC FUSION's Aureliano Karlo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Joaquin Gayoso came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by AFC FUSION's Christoff Stocks. But to his dismay, Christoff Stocks quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Romulo Abilio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Joaquin Gayoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Uruguay's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Germano Bettencourt was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC FUSION's players had a chance to rest. The throw-in from Wojciech Fiszer in the 12th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Uruguay's Maximiliano Escribano. In the 15th minute of the match AFC FUSION got a corner. Uruguay's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Germano Bettencourt ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Jan Hop got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Joaquin Gayoso quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 18th match minute, Uruguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kevin Carballal to maneuver through the defense. Joaquin Gayoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Germano Bettencourt in the 18th minute of play. Aureliano Karlos short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Joaquin Gayoso to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Aureliano Karlos short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Joaquin Gayoso to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 22 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's Aureliano Karlo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Joaquin Gayoso narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Joaquin Gayoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aureliano Karlo in the 25th minute of the match. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maximiliano Escribano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 28th minute of play forced Uruguay's goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 32 minutes, Christoff Stocks managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AFC FUSION's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christoff Stocks was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Joaquin Gayoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aureliano Karlo in the 33rd minute of the match. Aureliano Karlo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Joaquin Gayoso made a huge save. Maximiliano Escribano kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. When the match clock showed 47 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Aureliano Karlo sped through Uruguay's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Joaquin Gayoso. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Francisco Seco to strike the kick off in the second half. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximiliano Escribano, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Camilo Franco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Roberto Eztebe made a huge save. In the 55th minute Aureliano Karlo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joaquin Gayoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. AFC FUSION's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Germano Bettencourt in the 56th minute. The corner led AFC FUSION's Romulo Abilio to fire away a dangerous shot which Joaquin Gayoso despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Joaquin Gayoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aureliano Karlo, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maximiliano Escribano during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Uruguay getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Maximiliano Escribano hit a great ball. Joaquin Gayoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aureliano Karlo in the 65th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christoff Stocks in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Joaquin Gayoso prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 69th minute, Aureliano Karlo 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. A collision led to Uruguay getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Camilo Franco hit a great ball. 73 minutes into the match, Uruguay's goal looked a bit too open when Christoff Stocks came free, but Joaquin Gayoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute of the match Mario Sesuldo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joaquin Gayoso showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to AFC FUSION getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Romulo Abilio hit a great ball. After 77th play minutes Lino Rios shot 3-0, a short shot which went by Joaquin Gayoso and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 81stth minute of the game Lino Rios who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Joaquin Gayoso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lino Rios's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. In the 84th minute, Jonatan Maidana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87th minute, Christoff Stocks left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AFC FUSION fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 93rd minute of play forced Uruguay's goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wojciech Fiszer made in the 95th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Dawid Beckham immediately put the ball in play. Kevin Carballal's late challenge caught a AFC FUSION's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kevin Carballal helped the player get up and apologised. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. AFC FUSION had won after a very even match.