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Match Report
La Fortaleza
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Generoso Nazario started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luiz Andrade. In the 5th minute, Mateo Brion hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 8 minutes into the match, Defensores de Fasano's goal looked a bit too open when Caelan Hayes came free, but Deng Liang Yao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. In the 16th minute, Defensores de Fasano's Luiz Andrade 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. 1-0. When Defensores de Fasano's Roland Deutsch in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye England's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Defensores de Fasano booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Seth Young didn't get a good kick on the ball. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roland Deutsch in the 34th minute of the match. Xavier Gallagher charged in rather forcefully in the 34th 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 35th minute Roland Deutsch 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. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roland Deutsch in the 43rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, England's Xavier Gallagher got a free kick in the 45th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
After a rather tough play, England's Issac Dawson got a free kick in the 51st minute. After 57 minutes, Domingo Guillen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Defensores de Fasano and the England players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 57th minute, Domingo Guillen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Defensores de Fasano's Generoso Nazario. But to his dismay, Generoso Nazario quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Generoso Nazario fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khalid Kennedy having to interfere. Defensores de Fasano's Delmar Pes was substituted for Luiz Andrade. The supporters of Defensores de Fasano booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eddie Willis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Seth Young hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Defensores de Fasano's Deng Liang Yao proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Defensores de Fasano from getting a goal against them. Deng Liang Yao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xavier Gallagher in the 76th minute of the match. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmar Pes in the 80th minute of play. Delmar Pes'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 81st minute of play. Domingo Guillen lost his temper 83 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 85th minute, England got a penalty, and Micah Macdonald placed the ball unsaveable into goal, by the right post. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roland Deutsch, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Delmar Pes in the 89th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Micah Macdonald walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Defensores de Fasano fans cheered their team off the field, for while England had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.
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