Challenge

Lionel Messi
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 3rd minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of USA booed when ARedonditos de Ricota CFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guaberto Matro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xie Bang Ang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When USA's Monty Rogers in 12 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Xie Bang Ang guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Monty Rogers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 16th minute, Robert Haegg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ARedonditos de Ricota CFK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Xie Bang Ang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 22 minutes into the match, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Mcdonald came free, but Xie Bang Ang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Robert Haegg succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 25th playminute. In the 35th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xie Bang Ang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Haegg might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Robert Haegg ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robert Haegg got free with Marco Day in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Xie Bang Ang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 43rd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Monty Rogers to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Robert Haegg to strike the kick off in the second half. Cassius Byrne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xie Bang Ang having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Edward Mcdonald kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Xie Bang Ang. That made the score 2-1 in the 54 minute of play. Cassius Byrne took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Xie Bang Ang. Xie Bang Ang dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Emilio Gonzales was substituted for Jonas Paz. Monty Rogers scored 2-3 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Xie Bang Ang, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Florentino Berasko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Florentino Berasko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 72nd minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 2-4 became the score in the 76th minute when Monty Rogers elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florentino Berasko in the 82nd minute of the match. Florentino Berasko scored 3-4 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Day, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Emilio Gonzales managed to get in a good position for a shot. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's supporters rose to their feet, but Emilio Gonzales was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 87 minutes into the match, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sam Campbell. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 88th minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florentino Berasko in the 91st minute of play. USA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.