Challenge

Maine Road
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Francisco Seco made the kick off which started today's match. After having played for 6 minutes, Francisco Seco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Uruguay's supporters crossed their fingers, but Francisco Seco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With his leg Joaquin Gayoso managed to avoid a goal in the 12thth minute, when Manchester City's Richard Edström fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With his leg Joaquin Gayoso managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when Manchester City's Richard Edström fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, Uruguay's Alberto Gisbert got a free kick in the 17th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Manchester City's zone, Francisco Seco stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paredes Goiano came out of the goal and Francisco Seco tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 23 minutes into the game, Uruguay's Maximiliano Escribano nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Paredes Goiano made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 26th minute, Francisco Seco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Uruguay fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Francisco Seco hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Joaquin Gayoso made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Richard Edström sent off a good shot on target. When Francisco Seco came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Uruguay fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Francisco Seco couldn't finish the play. Joaquin Gayoso was out of position in the 41 minute of play, and Richard Edström capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Richard Edström really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Richard Edström managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manchester City's supporters rose to their feet, but Richard Edström was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Joaquin Gayoso breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After the first half Uruguay were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Richard Edström to make the kick off. In the 54th match minute, Manchester City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alf Möllgren to maneuver through the defense. Joaquin Gayoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richard Edström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Paredes Goiano managed to avoid a goal in the 68thth minute, when Uruguay's Francisco Seco fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Francisco Seco in the 68thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Paredes Goiano, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Richard Edström sped through Uruguay's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Joaquin Gayoso. In the 73rd minute Richard Edström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joaquin Gayoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joaquin Gayoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alf Möllgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Joaquin Gayoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Edström, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Uruguay's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Malte Göransson was slow to take the kick. During this time Manchester City's players had a chance to rest. Jaime Cazalla hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 82ndth minute of the game Richard Edström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 82 minutes, Alberto Gisbert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Uruguay and the Manchester City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 83rd minute, Alberto Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Richard Edström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joaquin Gayoso was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. In the 90th minute, Karl Ström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Uruguay's Camilo Franco got a free kick in the 93rd minute.