Challenge

Сидзуока STADIUM
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) England's Kyle Cox 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. SHIZUOKA FC's Alfredo Azeari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 4th minute of play. Alfredo Azeari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caelan Hayes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of England booed when SHIZUOKA FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teodoro Bermudo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leighton Davies made in the 11th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by SHIZUOKA FC's Joel Eutor. SHIZUOKA FC's Alfredo Azeari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 13th minute of play. 14 minutes into the game, Xavier Gallagher cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Alfredo Azeari was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 17 minutes of play, England's Issac Dawson made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfredo Azeari was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alfredo Azeari didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Issac Dawson went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Xavier Gallagher hit a great ball. Alfredo Azeari showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 25th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, Xavier Gallagher notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of SHIZUOKA FC's Alfredo Azeari. Alfredo Azeari was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alfredo Azeari didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Issac Dawson went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Alfredo Azeari showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Issac Dawson, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. 43 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alfredo Azeari. SHIZUOKA FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kyle Cox was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. 47 minutes into the match, Caelan Hayes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alfredo Azeari. SHIZUOKA FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Caelan Hayes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mario Abreu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th play minute Issac Dawson came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Alfredo Azeari. 0-9. Kyle Cox received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alfredo Azeari came out and tried to block the shot, but Kyle Cox slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 57th minute. Xavier Gallagher took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alfredo Azeari. Alfredo Azeari dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-12. Alfredo Azeari was a little too slow when Issac Dawson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 67th minute. The score was now 0-13. In the 72nd minute, Micah Macdonald made a precise shot to the right of Alfredo Azeari. SHIZUOKA FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-14. A throw-in in the 78th minute of the game was made by Cooper Thompson with Kyle Cox as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Issac Dawson scored 0-15 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alfredo Azeari, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The throw-in from Micah Macdonald in the 82nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by SHIZUOKA FC's Gonzalo Salamon. The audience thought a goal was coming when Issac Dawson got free with Alfredo Azeari in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 86 minutes into the game, England's Kyle Cox nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alfredo Azeari made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-16. Quinn Holmes made in the 93rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Kyle Cox immediately put the ball in play. In the 95th minute, Kyle Cox reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alfredo Azeari. The goal made the score 0-18. When the final whistle sounded England left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than SHIZUOKA FC.