Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 2nd minute of the match, but Valentin Ospetsu made a huge save. Osvaldo Frutos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 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 5th minute. It was a well-played corner which Jacob May managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 10 minutes into the game, ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Osvaldo Frutos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Day made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Valentin Ospetsu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 13th minute of play. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Valentin Ospetsu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ from getting a goal against them. Valentin Ospetsu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 20th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s goal looked a bit too open when Jenson Smith came free, but Valentin Ospetsu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute, USA's Monty Rogers dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osvaldo Frutos in the 33rd minute of the match. Valentin Ospetsu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 34th minute of the match. Osvaldo Frutos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. 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 43rd minute, USA's Monty Rogers ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Valentin Ospetsu. Valentin Ospetsu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-3. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Valentin Ospetsu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 48th minute of play. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Osvaldo Frutos was the one to do the kick off. Osvaldo Frutos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. Monty Rogers scored 3-3 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valentin Ospetsu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Yerko Son hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Valentin Ospetsu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 56th minute of play. In the 57th 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. Valentin Ospetsu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ made a substitution. Ofelio Galván replaced Osvaldo Frutos. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ made a substitution. Bruno Marco replaced Yerko Son. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Karlos Bravo was substituted for Edilberto Aballay. Ofelio Galván could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jacob May in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Valentin Ospetsu saved ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 92nd minute of play forced ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s goalkeeper Valentin Ospetsu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The USA fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when USA's Khalid Parry looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 96 minutes into the match, Marco Baker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valentin Ospetsu. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marco Baker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-3. When the referee ended the match the USA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.