Challenge

Bebbanburg Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Sajones F.C.'s Giuseppe Preca started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Gaspar Mambru received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Khalid Kennedy came out and tried to block the shot, but Gaspar Mambru slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. In the 5th match minute, Sajones F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaspar Mambru to maneuver through the defense. If Issac Dawson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pastor Frantzes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Issac Dawson in the 10th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Sajones F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Pastor Frantzes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pastor Frantzes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Ivan Prejun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khalid Kennedy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pastor Frantzes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Issac Dawson, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Sajones F.C.'s Pastor Frantzes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Issac Dawson in the 29th minute of play. Pastor Frantzes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Micah Macdonald in the 36th minute of play. Pastor Frantzes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 41st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 43rd minute of play forced Sajones F.C.'s goalkeeper Pastor Frantzes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pastor Frantzes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Micah Macdonald in the 45th minute of the match. Pastor Frantzes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Micah Macdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After 46 minutes of play, England's Issac Dawson made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pastor Frantzes was left in no man's land by his defense there!

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kyle Cox to make the kick off. Pastor Frantzes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Issac Dawson went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giuseppe Preca in the 56th minute of play. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giuseppe Preca in the 58th minute of play. After 58 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Gallagher. After a rather tough play, Sajones F.C.'s Jakub Kiwior got a free kick in the 65th minute. 66 minutes into the match, Issac Dawson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Pastor Frantzes, 1-3. Micah Macdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Pastor Frantzes made a huge save. In the 73rd minute, Issac Dawson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pastor Frantzes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. In the 79thth minute of the game Kyle Cox who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sajones F.C.'s Pastor Frantzes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Sajones F.C. defense, Caelan Hayes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pastor Frantzes. The Sajones F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pastor Frantzes should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Issac Dawson got free with Pastor Frantzes in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pastor Frantzes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyle Cox, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Sajones F.C.'s goalkeeper Pastor Frantzes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Micah Macdonald. Sajones F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Kyle Cox scored to the left of an out of position Pastor Frantzes, making the score, 1-6. With a little luck, Sajones F.C.'s Pastor Frantzes got control of the ball when Micah Macdonald tried to sneak it across the goal line. England'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.