Challenge

Estádio Douradão
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kyle Cox got the match started through his kick off. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by AFC - Curitiba's Matouš Carda. But to his dismay, Matouš Carda quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. In the 7th minute, AFC - Curitiba's Rey Pelé ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Khalid Kennedy. Khalid Kennedy yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In the 9th minute, August Wahlnäs made a precise shot to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Matouš Carda hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. England's defense didn't have a chance, in the 16th minute, when Matouš Carda scored to the left of an out of position Khalid Kennedy, making the score, 4-0. 22 minutes into the game, AFC - Curitiba's Rey Pelé nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Khalid Kennedy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Zhang Yin Si received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Khalid Kennedy came out and tried to block the shot, but Zhang Yin Si slotted it home off the left post making it 6-0 in the 25th minute. In the 28th minute Rey Pelé 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. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from August Wahlnäs in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute of the game Matouš Carda made a throw-in which Zhang Yin Si played forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhang Yin Si in the 34th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rey Pelé, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sidnei Alvarenga in the 37th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Matouš Carda got free with Khalid Kennedy in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Through an outstanding action, after 41 minutes, Khalid Kennedy successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 42 played minutes AFC - Curitiba got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Fábio Borges. In the 42nd minute of the match Micah Macdonald sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fausto da Rocha skillfully saved the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

AFC - Curitiba's Romário Ortiz was substituted for Zhang Yin Si. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rey Pelé to make the kick off. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Romário Ortiz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 57th minute of the match, Micah Macdonald got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fausto da Rocha was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After having played for 62 minutes, Matouš Carda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AFC - Curitiba's supporters crossed their fingers, but Matouš Carda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Seth Young hit a great ball. 66 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Matouš Carda came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fausto da Rocha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 68th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Fausto da Rocha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Micah Macdonald. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rey Pelé in the 72nd minute of play. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from August Wahlnäs in the 73rd minute of play. Matouš Carda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khalid Kennedy having to interfere. 85 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when August Wahlnäs came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Issac Dawson could shoot a difficult shot in the 86th minute, which Fausto da Rocha however easily saved by the left post. In the 89th minute, Jan Bykowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Khalid Kennedy was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Romário Ortiz took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Khalid Kennedy. Khalid Kennedy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. 97 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Issac Dawson came free, but Fausto da Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to AFC - Curitiba getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Romário Ortiz hit a great ball. AFC - Curitiba's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.