Challenge

Borea
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Basarab Secoşan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xavier Gallagher, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 11 minutes, Kyle Cox managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kyle Cox was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Basarab Secoşan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Paveliuc in the 16th minute of play. After 18 minutes England's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aurelian Giurcă who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Aurelian Giurcă got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Khalid Kennedy quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. FC Cosula-BTF-'s Basarab Secoşan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Issac Dawson in the 19th minute of play. After 21 minutes, Emilian Bădila mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Cosula-BTF- and the England players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC Cosula-BTF- getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Emilian Bădila hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the game, England's Kyle Cox nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Basarab Secoşan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Basarab Secoşan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 30th minute of the match. Basarab Secoşan 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 31st minute. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Cosula-BTF-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Micah Macdonald was slow to take the kick. During this time England's players had a chance to rest. 34 minutes into the match, England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dorin Nebunu. After having played for 37 minutes, Bogdan Paveliuc managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Cosula-BTF-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Bogdan Paveliuc was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 41 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Bogdan Paveliuc came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 46 minutes, Dorin Nebunu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Cosula-BTF-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Dorin Nebunu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dorin Nebunu was the one to do the kick off. It was a well-played corner which Bogdan Paveliuc managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Basarab Secoşan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Issac Dawson in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. After 60 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Quinn Holmes. If Bogdan Paveliuc had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Xavier Gallagher hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 80th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Issac Dawson to maneuver through the defense. 87 minutes into the match, Issac Dawson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Basarab Secoşan. FC Cosula-BTF-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Issac Dawson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 95th minute, Issac Dawson 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. England's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.