Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kendrick Schumacher started the match with the kick off. Santos Lauren's late challenge caught a U21 Canada's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santos Lauren helped the player get up and apologised. Pretorianos FC's Marciano Idacio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shelton Wilhelm in the 6th minute of play. Shelton Wilhelm kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the game, Pretorianos FC's Victorino Loren nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Colombain Parham made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Colombain Parham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Severiano Artaldo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marciano Idacio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shelton Wilhelm in the 20th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tostão Ceresso in the 21st minute of play forced U21 Canada's goalkeeper Colombain Parham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marciano Idacio was out of position in the 22 minute of play, and Shelton Wilhelm capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Shelton Wilhelm really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Colombain Parham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severiano Artaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. When U21 Canada's Kendrick Schumacher in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pretorianos FC's goalie prevented a goal. U21 Canada's Colombain Parham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tostão Ceresso in the 34th minute of play. In the 35th match minute, Pretorianos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adan Pueblo to maneuver through the defense. Reinaldo Dobbs took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 36th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marciano Idacio. Pretorianos FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Pretorianos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Shelton Wilhelm came free, but Marciano Idacio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner went over the outstretched arms of U21 Canada's goalie and right to Santos Lauren. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. U21 Canada's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. With a little luck, Pretorianos FC's Marciano Idacio got control of the ball when Avery Novak tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marciano Idacio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shelton Wilhelm in the 47th minute of play.

When Tostão Ceresso came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Pretorianos FC 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 Tostão Ceresso couldn't finish the play. U21 Canada's Colombain Parham proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Canada from getting a goal against them. Colombain Parham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tostão Ceresso in the 58th minute of the match. In the 64th minute Pretorianos FC were awarded a corner. Gregorio Gizon went to the cornerflag to take it. Tostão Ceresso received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Colombain Parham came out and tried to block the shot, but Tostão Ceresso slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 66th minute. U21 Canada made a substitution. Darnell Allison replaced Emilio Hankins. U21 Canada's attentive Austin Muller managed to snatch the ball when Matias Txaran made a throw-in in the 71st minute of the game. In the 74thth minute of the game Kendrick Schumacher who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pretorianos FC's Marciano Idacio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Canada's Austin Muller got a free kick in the 75th minute. Jody Montoya blasted a shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marciano Idacio having to make a save. 86 minutes into the game, Tostão Ceresso cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Colombain Parham was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. U21 Canada's Colombain Parham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tostão Ceresso in the 89th minute of play. Marciano Idacio came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Canada's Jody Montoya. But to his dismay, Jody Montoya quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. Pretorianos FC'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.