Challenge

Arena Pomerode
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Andy Cole took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute Floresta Negra FC were awarded a corner. Jerzy Zjawin went to the cornerflag to take it. A very nice done corner allowed Gafur Dolunay to score against Alexander Higgins in Scotland's goal. 1-0 after 4 minutes. 9 minutes into the match, Andy Cole dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alexander Higgins, 2-0. In the 14th minute, Andy Cole ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexander Higgins was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 17th minute, Floresta Negra FC's Jerzy Zjawin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. The throw-in from Kian MacGregor in the 20th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Floresta Negra FC's Clemente Moura. If Andy Cole had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alexander Higgins made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Andy Cole sent off a good shot on target. In the 24th minute of the match Floresta Negra FC got a corner. Scotland's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jerzy Zjawin ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Floresta Negra FC's Jerzy Zjawin to fire away a dangerous shot which Alexander Higgins despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience was convinced that Andy Cole's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alexander Higgins was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Alexander Higgins was out of position in the 28 minute of play, and Andy Cole capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Andy Cole really showed his touch with that goal: 5-0. In the 31st minute, Jerzy Zjawin fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Alexander Higgins, passed just outside the right post. Andy Cole recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Alexander Higgins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andy Cole in the 37th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the game, Gernando Rocha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Alexander Higgins was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Andy Cole fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexander Higgins having to interfere. After 45 played minutes Floresta Negra FC got a freekick which was hit by Jerzy Zjawin. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 6-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zac O'Donnell made a kick off. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind Scotland's goalkeeper Alexander Higgins, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alexander Higgins took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andy Cole, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Scotland defense, Andy Cole kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexander Higgins. The Scotland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexander Higgins should have stopped the shot. Jardel Lewandowski scored 9-0 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexander Higgins, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Scotland defense, Jardel Lewandowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexander Higgins. The Scotland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexander Higgins should have stopped the shot. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 12-0 when Jardel Lewandowski sped through Scotland's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alexander Higgins. Floresta Negra FC's Arturo Vidal was substituted for Hector Bazkoare. In the 85th minute, Jardel Lewandowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexander Higgins was frozen by the shot and now it was 13-0. After some careless play in the Scotland defense, Clemente Moura kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexander Higgins. The Scotland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexander Higgins should have stopped the shot. Alexander Higgins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jardel Lewandowski in the 93rd minute of play. Ayaan McGowan's late challenge caught a Floresta Negra FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ayaan McGowan helped the player get up and apologised. Ayaan McGowan hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. 95 minutes into the match, Jardel Lewandowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexander Higgins. Scotland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jardel Lewandowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 15-0. Alexander Higgins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jardel Lewandowski in the 99th minute of the match. Floresta Negra FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.