Challenge

ATATURK Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) DOE FC's Mazinho Vasco 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. After a rather tough play, England's Caelan Hayes got a free kick in the 3rd minute. With his leg Khalid Kennedy managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when DOE FC's Mazinho Vasco fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 19th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leighton Davies to maneuver through the defense. 20 minutes into the match, England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mazinho Vasco. In the 26thth minute of the game Mazinho Vasco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but England's Khalid Kennedy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kirk Lafond having to interfere. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Seth Young hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Tyler Bowser managed to get in a good position for a shot. DOE FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Tyler Bowser was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Khalid Kennedy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in DOE FC's zone, Kyle Cox stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kirk Lafond came out of the goal and Kyle Cox tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

52 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Kirk Lafond, 1-2. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antwan Gallagher in the 58th minute of the match. Kyle Cox might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kirk Lafond. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kyle Cox ran back to his position shaking his head. Marquis Frank took the ball and in the 62 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 2-2. In the 67th minute England were awarded a corner. Micah Macdonald went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of DOE FC's goalie and right to Leighton Davies. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. DOE FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After a rather tough play, England's Leighton Davies got a free kick in the 71st minute. After 74 minutes of play, DOE FC's David Brochu made it 3-2 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! In the 84th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eddie Willis to maneuver through the defense. With 91 minutes on the clock, Arlen Dixon commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 91 minutes into the game, one of DOE FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Xavier Gallagher charged in rather forcefully in the 99th 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. After 99 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Gallagher. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched England eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.