Challenge

Remug Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kyle Cox made the kick off which started today's match. When Cooper Thompson fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored England's protests and gave Cooper Thompson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 9th minute Amos Domenici 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. Ferdinando Capuozzi 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 11th minute. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Remug Red Devils's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Micah Macdonald was slow to take the kick. During this time England's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Achille Mastronardi in the 15th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Micah Macdonald hit a great ball. In the 17th match minute, FC Remug Red Devils was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amos Domenici to maneuver through the defense. Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Ferdinando Capuozzi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugenio Orlandi in the 25th minute of play. Eddie Willis kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Achille Mastronardi got free with Khalid Kennedy in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Micah Macdonald came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the England 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 Micah Macdonald couldn't finish the play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by FC Remug Red Devils's Eugenio Orlandi. But to his dismay, Eugenio Orlandi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 53 minutes into the match, Achille Mastronardi notched a goal, 2-1, 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. FC Remug Red Devils's Ferdinando Capuozzi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save FC Remug Red Devils from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amos Domenici in the 60th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute, Achille Mastronardi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Remug Red Devils fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Achille Mastronardi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Micah Macdonald charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Micah Macdonald the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Micah Macdonald kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. 67 minutes into the game, Amos Domenici cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Khalid Kennedy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. FC Remug Red Devils's Andrea Di Monte was substituted for Achille Mastronardi. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amos Domenici in the 72nd minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Andrea Di Monte notched a goal, 5-1, 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. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amos Domenici in the 79th minute of the match. Ferdinando Capuozzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 81st minute of the match. 85 minutes into the match, Amos Domenici notched a goal, 6-1, 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. 88 minutes into the game, Amos Domenici cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-1. Khalid Kennedy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 91 minutes into the match, Amos Domenici 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 Amos Domenici was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-1. Khalid Kennedy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andrea Di Monte's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. When the referee ended the match the FC Remug Red Devils players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.