Challenge

St LuXun Park
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kyle Cox made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Ellis Hoskin came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Garth Brough's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Khalid Kennedy firmly grabbed it by the left post. Thanks to some nice moves Gabriel Martini could shoot a difficult shot in the 7th minute, which Khalid Kennedy however easily saved by the left post. After a rather tough play, England's Eddie Willis got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 16thth minute of the game Garth Brough who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but England's Khalid Kennedy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by England's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Roy Baba was slow to take the kick. During this time Australian Youth Academy's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Australian Youth Academy's corner Roy Baba fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Khalid Kennedy quite easily take care of the ball. Australian Youth Academy's Garth Brough got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, England's Khalid Kennedy got control of the ball when Garth Brough tried to sneak it across the goal line. Khalid Kennedy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Garth Brough went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Leighton Davies made in the 31st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Micah Macdonald immediately put the ball in play. Garth Brough might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Khalid Kennedy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Garth Brough ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of England booed when Australian Youth Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Garth Brough didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The supporters of Australian Youth Academy booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leighton Davies didn't get a good kick on the ball. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Australian Youth Academy's Garth Brough. But to his dismay, Garth Brough quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Boyd Allan kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Garth Brough blasted a shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Khalid Kennedy having to make a save. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Garth Brough, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leighton Davies during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 72nd minute, Garth Brough made a precise shot to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. The throw-in from Leighton Davies in the 78th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Australian Youth Academy's Cesar Cornelius. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Garth Brough in the 81st minute of play. Tom Riddle made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Issac Dawson in the 82nd minute of play. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Garth Brough in the 95th minute of play. England's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.