Challenge

La Playa
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Michael Guisla got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stelian Murgu in the 5th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stelian Murgu got free with Jax Williamson in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 11th minute Koby Wright shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Roberto Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Koby Wright came free, but Zé Roberto Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Canada's Carter George was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Zé Roberto Teixeira in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Playa Malvín's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Koby Wright was slow to take the kick. During this time Canada's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Playa Malvín's goalie and right to Carter George. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Playa Malvín's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 19 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Rohan Watson came free, but Zé Roberto Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Playa Malvín's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Koby Wright was slow to take the kick. During this time Canada's players had a chance to rest. Michael Guisla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Jax Williamson made a huge save. 33 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Rohan Watson came free, but Zé Roberto Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Koby Wright came free, but Zé Roberto Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute Michael Guisla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jax Williamson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Playa Malvín's Zé Roberto Teixeira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koby Wright in the 42nd minute of play. After 42 minutes of play, Canada's Koby Wright made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zé Roberto Teixeira was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Koby Wright to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Guisla in the 53rd minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zé Roberto Teixeira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Koby Wright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Canada made a substitution. Filip Edwards replaced Koby Wright. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niva Espellosa in the 65th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute Stamen Tekeliev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jax Williamson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carter George in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zé Roberto Teixeira prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 69 minutes into the match, Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Stamen Tekeliev came free, but Jax Williamson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stamen Tekeliev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Jax Williamson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Canada made a substitution. Prince Anderson replaced Carter George. Zé Roberto Teixeira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Theo Burton could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Zé Roberto Teixeira made a huge save. Zé Roberto Teixeira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theo Burton in the 88th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Stamen Tekeliev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jax Williamson. Canada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stamen Tekeliev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Zé Roberto Teixeira made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Theo Burton sent off a good shot on target. Despite being the better team, Canada failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.