Challenge

Estadio Yatai
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alejandro Papaggelatos kicked off to start the match. La Armada Buscapina's Chupan Moco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zach Harrison in the 8th minute of play. Chupan Moco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zach Harrison, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chupan Moco 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 14th minute. Alejandro Papaggelatos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Alejandro Papaggelatos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. Chupan Moco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. In the 25thth minute of the game Alejandro Papaggelatos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Monty Rogers recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to La Armada Buscapina getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Liev Tolstoy hit a great ball. Chupan Moco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 41 minutes, Alejandro Papaggelatos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Armada Buscapina's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alejandro Papaggelatos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejandro Papaggelatos in the 43rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When La Armada Buscapina's Alejandro Papaggelatos in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alejandro Papaggelatos's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chupan Moco having to interfere. In the 62ndth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Armada Buscapina's Chupan Moco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. La Armada Buscapina made a substitution. Denílson Ronaldinho replaced Alejandro Papaggelatos. Diego Bradley made in the 70th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Monty Rogers immediately put the ball in play. Chupan Moco 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 76th minute. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after La Armada Buscapina's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jenson Smith took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Jenson Smith got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Chupan Moco quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 86 minutes into the match, La Armada Buscapina's Denílson Ronaldinho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 89 minutes into the match, Sam Campbell had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Chupan Moco. La Armada Buscapina's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sam Campbell was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The audience was convinced that Khalid Parry's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chupan Moco was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. Chupan Moco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 95th minute of the match. USA played a much better game than La Armada Buscapina and deserved their victory. The La Armada Buscapina players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.