Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Osvaldo Frutos 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. Valentin Ospetsu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 2nd minute of play. In the 5th minute Osvaldo Frutos 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. Edilberto Aballay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the game, USA's Cassius Byrne nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valentin Ospetsu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 23rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Ospetsu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osvaldo Frutos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 29th minute, USA's Cassius Byrne dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. With his leg Valentin Ospetsu managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when USA's Cassius Byrne fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cassius Byrne had several of the ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 33 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-0 score and a disappointed Valentin Ospetsu as he didn't even see the shot coming. Valentin Ospetsu made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. In the 40th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Ospetsu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 47th minute of play forced ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s goalkeeper Valentin Ospetsu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Valentin Ospetsu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 52nd minute of play forced ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s goalkeeper Valentin Ospetsu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valentin Ospetsu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Osvaldo Frutos in the 57th minute of play. In the 59th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Ospetsu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valentin Ospetsu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute Osvaldo Frutos 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. Valentin Ospetsu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 65th minute of the match. Edilberto Aballay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ made a substitution. Bruno Marco replaced Yerko Son. Valentin Ospetsu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sam Campbell's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. USA's Sam Campbell got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. In the 88th minute, Victor Hugo Pinilla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valentin Ospetsu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jenson Smith in the 92nd minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Khalid Parry ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valentin Ospetsu was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Ofelio Galván kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. USA were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ for a fine match.