Challenge

Independence Park
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Jamaica's Finlay Stair 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. Javier Milei might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Demonde Jacobson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Javier Milei ran back to his position shaking his head. Demonde Jacobson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Javier Milei in the 7th minute of play. Benjamin Grabiel hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Jamaica defense, Javier Milei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Demonde Jacobson. The Jamaica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Demonde Jacobson should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Javier Milei in the 20th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the game, Felix Cordarrell was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jamaica the free kick. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Aurelio Nafarroa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ from getting a goal against them. Teo Vitin charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Teo Vitin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Teo Vitin got a free kick in the 28th minute. Wayan Freeman kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. After having played for 43 minutes, Javier Milei managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Javier Milei was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After the first half ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ made a substitution. Kaká Tua replaced Javier Milei. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kaká Tua made a kick off. Demonde Jacobson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaká Tua in the 53rd minute of the match. After 55 played minutes Jamaica got a freekick which was hit by Kordal Duff. A throw-in in the 57th minute of the game was made by Wayan Freeman with Leron Sale as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Romulo Gauargi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Demonde Jacobson having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Kaká Tua managed to get in a good position for a shot. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s supporters rose to their feet, but Kaká Tua was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Demonde Jacobson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kaká Tua was extremely unlucky when he, in the 72nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Wayan Freeman made in the 90th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Leron Sale. In the 94th minute Finlay Stair shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Nafarroa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.