Challenge

Lustiga Huset
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kurt Lindman took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to The Heren Istarion getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Johan Vik hit a great ball. Johan Vik kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Bengt-Åke Håkansson 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 8th minute. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 12th minute, Johan Vik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kurt Lindman in the 16th minute of play. After a rather tough play, England's Issac Dawson got a free kick in the 24th minute. Bengt-Åke Håkansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyle Cox, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Issac Dawson took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bengt-Åke Håkansson. Bengt-Åke Håkansson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After 36 minutes, Nils-Erik Blomkvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Heren Istarion and the England players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 36th match minute, The Heren Istarion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nils-Erik Blomkvist to maneuver through the defense. Bengt-Åke Håkansson came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by England's Issac Dawson. But to his dismay, Issac Dawson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The wind increased when Kyle Cox made the kick off in the second half. Kyle Cox could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Bengt-Åke Håkansson made a huge save. In the 54th minute, Micah Macdonald got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Bengt-Åke Håkansson was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Kyle Cox showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 55 minute of play. In the 62nd match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Micah Macdonald to maneuver through the defense. 64 minutes into the game, The Heren Istarion's Oskari Ilari nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Khalid Kennedy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. 73 minutes into the match, The Heren Istarion's goalkeeper Bengt-Åke Håkansson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Issac Dawson. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 77th minute of play forced The Heren Istarion's goalkeeper Bengt-Åke Håkansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dan Hjortberg'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. Dan Hjortberg helped the player get up and apologised. England's Micah Macdonald got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With an all-out effort, England's Bengt-Åke Håkansson threw himself towards the right post 83 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kyle Cox, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Johan Vik was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 85 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute, one of The Heren Istarion:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for The Heren Istarion. 87 minutes into the match, Micah Macdonald notched a goal, 1-7, to the right of The Heren Istarion's Bengt-Åke Håkansson. Bengt-Åke Håkansson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bengt-Åke Håkansson made a fantastic save in the 99th minute, when Issac Dawson sent off a good shot on target. The The Heren Istarion fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. England were clearly better and deserved to take the win.