Challenge

Tallboda-vallen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tallboda Gunners's Linus Stenqvist 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. In the 5th minute, Maximilian Lindberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frans Billström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caelan Hayes in the 7th minute of play. In the 8th minute of the match England got a corner. Tallboda Gunners's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Micah Macdonald ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 9th minute of play forced Tallboda Gunners's goalkeeper Frans Billström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the game, England's Micah Macdonald nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Frans Billström made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, Tallboda Gunners's goal looked a bit too open when Issac Dawson came free, but Frans Billström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Khalid Kennedy was a little too slow when Linus Stenqvist got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 16th minute. The score was now 1-1. 19 minutes into the match, Tallboda Gunners's Martin Lang sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Khalid Kennedy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Quinn Holmes kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After 26 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for England! When the match had been going on for 27 minutes, Tallboda Gunners's Peter Skytt got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Khalid Kennedy. Caelan Hayes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Frans Billström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 37th minute, Pelle Billock hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Kennedy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Linus Stenqvist went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kyle Cox to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cooper Thompson during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 58th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cooper Thompson to maneuver through the defense. 60 minutes into the match, Tallboda Gunners's Linus Stenqvist sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Khalid Kennedy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Frans Billström made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Micah Macdonald sent off a good shot on target. Maximilian Lindberg took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 74th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Khalid Kennedy. England's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 80th minute of the game Quinn Holmes made a throw-in which Xavier Gallagher played forward. Martin Lang sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Frans Billström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Micah Macdonald in the 87th minute. After 90 minutes, Quinn Holmes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the England and the Tallboda Gunners players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience was convinced that Tomas Ekrot's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Khalid Kennedy was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. The Tallboda Gunners fans' excitement grew in the 95th match minute when Tallboda Gunners's Tomas Ekrot looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. For all the effort they put into the match, the England players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Tallboda Gunners.