Challenge

Saddledome Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Antal Valentin made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd minute David Berkowitz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tao Xi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Balazs Lajos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Balazs Lajos scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tao Xi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tao Xi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antal Valentin, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Flames FC's Tao Xi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hegedus Henrik in the 10th minute of play. Fodor Daniel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camille Trudeau in the 11th minute of play. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hungary's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. David Berkowitz was slow to take the kick. During this time Flames FC's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Alican İçten heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 18 minutes into the match, Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alican İçten. Tao Xi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Balazs Lajos, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 22nd minute of the match Flames FC got a corner. Hungary's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. David Berkowitz ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Hungary's goalie and right to Alican İçten. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Hungary's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 26 minutes into the match, Flames FC's goal looked a bit too open when Takacs Tibor came free, but Tao Xi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Camille Trudeau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Balazs Lajos in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tao Xi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 39 minutes Flames FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antal Valentin who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Takacs Tibor almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Flames FC's Tao Xi did a great save. After a defensive mix-up in Flames FC's zone, Major Barna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tao Xi came out of the goal and Major Barna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Diego Lopes to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Alican İçten put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Fodor Daniel. The audience was convinced that Diego Lopes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fodor Daniel was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Fodor Daniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alican İçten, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. The supporters of Hungary booed when Flames FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Berkowitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Flames FC's Tao Xi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Flames FC from getting a goal against them. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hungary's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. David Berkowitz was slow to take the kick. During this time Flames FC's players had a chance to rest. Fodor Daniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alican İçten, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 90th match minute, Hungary was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bakos Endre to maneuver through the defense. Hungary were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.