Challenge

Boldenona Acetato
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. Boldenona's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Antonis Polichronos in the 4th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of USA's goalie and right to Arturo Gau. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. USA's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Boldenona's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Antonis Polichronos in the 16th minute. Boldenona's Luciano Abastas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 19th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sancarbey Tutku during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cassius Byrne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luciano Abastas having to interfere. In the 29th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luciano Abastas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Quentin Ladra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Quentin Ladra in the 33rd minute. In the 36th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luciano Abastas 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 Dániel Mayer in the 38th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Dániel Mayer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 40 minutes into the match, Boldenona's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Luciano Abastas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 43rd minute of play forced Boldenona's goalkeeper Luciano Abastas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Quentin Ladra to make the kick off. Luciano Abastas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 51st minute of the match. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Luciano Abastas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luciano Abastas was a little too slow when Monty Rogers got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 56th minute. The score was now 1-3. Boldenona made a substitution. Delmar Amato replaced Izydor Moczkiewicz. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dániel Mayer in the 60th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Boldenona's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Luciano Abastas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 63 minutes of play, Boldenona's Dániel Mayer made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Cordarrell in the 67th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Boldenona's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Luciano Abastas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cassius Byrne kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Severino Galsino in the 73rd minute of play. In the 80th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luciano Abastas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, Boldenona's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Luciano Abastas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. USA were awarded a corner in the 85th minute after Boldenona's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jenson Smith took the corner. Luciano Abastas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luciano Abastas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Khalid Parry in the 89th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Quentin Ladra in the 90th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A hard shot 91 in the game by Sam Campbell from a close distance when the talented Luciano Abastas managed to make a qualified save. Boldenona's players were relieved. Dániel Mayer recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match was over USA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Boldenona throughout the match.