Challenge

Jazz Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Jazz's Marco Jazz 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. 4 minutes into the match, Marco Jazz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Khalid Kennedy, 1-0. England's Kyle Cox managed to work through Jazz's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Kyle Cox dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. When Jazz's Marco Jazz in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye England's goalie prevented a goal. 11 minutes into the match, Marco Jazz notched a goal, 2-0, 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. In the 16th minute of the match, Marco Jazz got a very nice opportunity to score, but Khalid Kennedy was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Jazz's Marco Jazz got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 22nd minute, Marco Jazz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Khalid Kennedy. The goal made the score 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marco Jazz got free with Khalid Kennedy in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marco Jazz in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Khalid Kennedy saved England from getting behind. Andrea Bolognesi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Micah Macdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Issac Dawson notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Jazz's Andrea Bolognesi. Andrea Bolognesi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Khalid Kennedy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marco Jazz's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. 44 minutes into the match, Issac Dawson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Andrea Bolognesi. Jazz's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Issac Dawson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kyle Cox to make the kick off. Leighton Davies kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. If Marco Jazz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Jazz in the 55th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Marco Jazz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jazz's supporters rose to their feet, but Marco Jazz 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. Jazz's Nae Preda was substituted for Vittorio Mazzoni. Jazz made a substitution. Aldo Pani replaced Mai Yang Yan. Jazz's Aldo Pani quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Leighton Davies, made in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 66th minute Nae Preda 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. 68 minutes into the match, Marco Jazz 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 Marco Jazz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-2. The supporters of England booed when Jazz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carmine Bellisario didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 76th minute, Marco Jazz 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 7-2. After a rather tough play, Jazz's Joshua Hart got a free kick in the 79th minute. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Jazz in the 83rd 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 Marco Jazz in the 84th minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Jazz came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nae Preda scored 8-2 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Khalid Kennedy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Jazz in the 90th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the England defense, Nae Preda kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Khalid Kennedy. The England fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Khalid Kennedy should have stopped the shot. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nae Preda in the 95th minute of the match. In the 96th minute, Nae Preda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Jazz fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 10-2.