Challenge

Allmend Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zachary Pionek got free with Khalid Kennedy in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Khalid Kennedy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Martin Rutsch in the 7th minute. Martin Rutsch came free with the goalkeeper in the 9th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Khalid Kennedy could save by the left post. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Xavier Gallagher during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 11th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. Martin Rutsch had several of the England's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 13 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Khalid Kennedy as he didn't even see the shot coming. Martin Rutsch could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Khalid Kennedy made a huge save. Özcan Balcik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khalid Kennedy having to interfere. In the 21st match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Zachary Pionek from long distance, 22 minutes into the match, got Khalid Kennedy's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Through an outstanding action, after 29 minutes, Khalid Kennedy successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 31 played minutes Uetendorf Wanderers got a freekick which was hit by Giray Yeten. Giray Yeten hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Khalid Kennedy made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Aytunç Neba sent off a good shot on target. In the 42nd minute, Issac Dawson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. David Aberle was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Aytunç Neba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Khalid Kennedy made a huge save.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aytunç Neba stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zachary Pionek in the 53rd minute of play. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aytunç Neba in the 65th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Caelan Hayes in the 70th minute of play forced Uetendorf Wanderers's goalkeeper David Aberle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Özcan Balcik in the 72nd minute of play. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zachary Pionek in the 77th minute of the match. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Özcan Balcik in the 79th minute of the match. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Özcan Balcik in the 82nd minute of play. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aytunç Neba, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. David Aberle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Aytunç Neba's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Khalid Kennedy was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachary Pionek, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Uetendorf Wanderers were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after England's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Zachary Pionek took the corner. The corner led to Uetendorf Wanderers's Giorgos Papaiakovou getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Uetendorf Wanderers were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.