Friendly League

Lost Limbs Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lukasz Rukszcz took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the game, Challestone S.C.'s Lukasz Rukszcz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dean Watts made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lukasz Rukszcz in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dean Watts saved Amputees FC from getting behind. Pepe Pancho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcus Roach in the 8th minute. Dean Watts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lukasz Rukszcz, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. After 12 minutes of play, Challestone S.C.'s Lukasz Rukszcz made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dean Watts was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dean Watts made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lukasz Rukszcz in the 16th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lukasz Rukszcz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dean Watts was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Lukasz Rukszcz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 29th match minute, Challestone S.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yan Yuan to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Challestone S.C. booed when Amputees FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bishop Warhurst didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 31st minute, Segundo Frichoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 34 minutes into the match, Amputees FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lukasz Rukszcz came free, but Dean Watts reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 38th play minutes Lukasz Rukszcz shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Dean Watts and just under the crossbar into goal. Dean Watts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukasz Rukszcz in the 41st minute of the match. 44 minutes into the match, Lukasz Rukszcz notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Amputees FC's Dean Watts. Dean Watts was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After the first half Challestone S.C. were leading 0-5. 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 Carleton Howie to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dé 林义义 in the 58th minute of play forced Amputees FC's goalkeeper Dean Watts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the game, one of Amputees FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Dean Watts came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Challestone S.C.'s Lukasz Rukszcz. But to his dismay, Lukasz Rukszcz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Bishop Warhurst made in the 71st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Berke Crampton however managed to control. The audience was convinced that Lukasz Rukszcz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dean Watts was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. 75 minutes into the match, Lukasz Rukszcz notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Amputees FC's Dean Watts. Dean Watts was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Amputees FC's Dean Watts proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Amputees FC from getting a goal against them. After 80 played minutes Amputees FC got a freekick which was hit by Marcus Roach. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lukasz Rukszcz got free with Dean Watts in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pepe Pancho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berke Crampton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dean Watts stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lukasz Rukszcz's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. Dean Watts was a little too slow when Lukasz Rukszcz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 91st minute. The score was now 0-8. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carleton Howie in the 96th minute of play forced Challestone S.C.'s goalkeeper Pepe Pancho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Challestone S.C. players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.