Challenge

Carpathics Field
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Kyle Cox started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Eddie Willis. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alin Nichitelea in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Khalid Kennedy saved England from getting behind. In the 10th minute, Cooper Thompson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Kennedy was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Stefan Dobay showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 14 minute of play. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 24th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eddie Willis to maneuver through the defense. A throw-in in the 29th minute of the game was made by Cooper Thompson with Caelan Hayes as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Dobay, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Stefan Dobay kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Khalid Kennedy. That made the score 3-0 in the 33 minute of play. Khalid Kennedy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stefan Dobay went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Khalid Kennedy made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Stefan Dobay sent off a good shot on target. Stefan Dobay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stefan Dobay to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Stefan Dobay got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Dobay, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Carpathians's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Connor Hughes in the 58th minute. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Dobay in the 59th minute of the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in England fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 63rd minute. Penalty! Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefan Dobay in the 65th minute of play. When Carpathians's Stefan Dobay in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye England's goalie prevented a goal. Carpathians made a substitution. Ercan Sabahaddin replaced Martin Zafiu. Carpathians made a substitution. Pär Öman replaced Laurențiu Iurea. 74 minutes into the match, Stefan Dobay had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stefan Dobay was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. In the 79th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. After 80 played minutes, Carpathians's Connor Hughes shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Carpathians reached it. After 87 minutes Carpathians's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Micah Macdonald who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on England's corner Micah Macdonald fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Matei Răducu quite easily take care of the ball. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Dobay in the 88th minute of the match. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Dobay in the 89th minute of the match. Leontin Ţurcaş kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 92nd minute of play forced Carpathians's goalkeeper Matei Răducu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stefan Dobay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stefan Dobay in the 97th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Carpathians fans cheered their team off the field, for while England had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.