Challenge

Colosseum Suwałki
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kyle Cox kicked off to start the match. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natanael de Amorim in the 8th minute of play. After 9 minutes England's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Natanael de Amorim who took care of the corner kick. Czarna Hańcza Suwałki's Natanael de Amorim was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Khalid Kennedy in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Piotr Ruzicki's late challenge caught a England's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Piotr Ruzicki helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Czarna Hańcza Suwałki getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Piotr Ruzicki hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Micah Macdonald in the 12th minute of play forced Czarna Hańcza Suwałki's goalkeeper Abdi Ufki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Czarna Hańcza Suwałki getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Piotr Ruzicki hit a great ball. If Micah Macdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 20th minute, Radomil Penczkowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 20 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abdi Ufki. Czarna Hańcza Suwałki's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kyle Cox was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Natanael de Amorim received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Khalid Kennedy made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Sebastian Murry sent off a good shot on target. Xavier Gallagher kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, England's Khalid Kennedy got control of the ball when Sebastian Murry tried to sneak it across the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Natanael de Amorim stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. England's Micah Macdonald got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 59 minutes into the match, Czarna Hańcza Suwałki's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Abdi Ufki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Murry in the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natanael de Amorim in the 62nd minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, Natanael de Amorim made a precise shot to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Kyle Cox took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abdi Ufki. Abdi Ufki dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Murry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Czarna Hańcza Suwałki's zone, Kyle Cox stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abdi Ufki 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. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdi Ufki having to interfere. In the 94th minute, Micah Macdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. England had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.