Challenge

Thunder
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kong Zhi Wei took the kick off in the first half of the match. Xavier Gallagher charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xavier Gallagher the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. After 7 played minutes Eléctricos F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Robert Müller. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 8th minute of play forced Eléctricos F.C.'s goalkeeper Tonio Bergada to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 10 minutes, Kong Zhi Wei managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eléctricos F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Kong Zhi Wei was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 24 minutes into the game, Kong Zhi Wei cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Khalid Kennedy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of England booed when Eléctricos F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vendel Ferenc didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eléctricos F.C.'s Intriago Herquinigo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Leighton Davies, made in the 29th minute of the game. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kong Zhi Wei in the 30th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kong Zhi Wei in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Khalid Kennedy saved England from getting behind. In the 36th minute Luca Lechințan 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. When Kong Zhi Wei came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Eléctricos F.C. 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 Kong Zhi Wei couldn't finish the play. Khalid Kennedy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kong Zhi Wei in the 39th minute. Vendel Ferenc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Khalid Kennedy was a little too slow when Kong Zhi Wei got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 47th minute. The score was now 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kyle Cox made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Lechințan came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Raul Cristos came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of England booed when Eléctricos F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raul Cristos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eléctricos F.C.'s Jérémie Sarmiento was substituted for Luca Lechințan. The supporters of England booed when Eléctricos F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raul Cristos didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match clock showed 65 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Jérémie Sarmiento sped through England's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Khalid Kennedy. Eléctricos F.C. made a substitution. Cruz Guareña replaced Peter Talvik. In the 70th minute Kong Zhi Wei 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. In the 76th minute Jérémie Sarmiento 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kong Zhi Wei in the 77th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jérémie Sarmiento's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Khalid Kennedy read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. Tonio Bergada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Issac Dawson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the match, Vendel Ferenc notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of England's Khalid Kennedy. Khalid Kennedy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, England's Caelan Hayes got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 91st minute, Robert Müller hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Issac Dawson managed to get in a good position for a shot. England's supporters rose to their feet, but Issac Dawson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tonio Bergada breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 95 minutes of play, Eléctricos F.C.'s Jérémie Sarmiento made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Khalid Kennedy was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Jérémie Sarmiento in the 98th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eléctricos F.C.'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.