Challenge

大连星海湾大球场
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kyle Cox made the kick off which started today's match. 马文棋's late challenge caught a England's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 马文棋 helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 played minutes 『挑战者』大连星海湾 got a freekick which was hit by 马文棋. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 顾常鹰, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teobald Budacz in the 7th minute of play. Teobald Budacz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Teobald Budacz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 14 minutes into the match, England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Teobald Budacz. Teobald Budacz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 马文棋 kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 32nd minute of play forced 『挑战者』大连星海湾's goalkeeper Claus Himschoot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The 『挑战者』大连星海湾 fans' excitement grew in the 38th match minute when 『挑战者』大连星海湾's Teobald Budacz looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The audience was convinced that Micah Macdonald's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claus Himschoot was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, England's Cooper Thompson got a free kick in the 48th minute. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 马文棋, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Teobald Budacz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Leighton Davies. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teobald Budacz, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 『挑战者』大连星海湾 made a substitution. 周斐鹰 replaced 莫珂洲. Leighton Davies hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. 64 minutes into the game, 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 汪俊西 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Khalid Kennedy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by 汪俊西 in the 68th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 宋诚永 hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. In the 72nd minute, Leighton Davies hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teobald Budacz in the 73rd minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 75 minutes, Claus Himschoot successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 78 minutes into the game, 汪俊西 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Khalid Kennedy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 82nd minute, England's Seth Young seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Seth Young the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of England protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Seth Young had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Claus Himschoot tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Leighton Davies hit a great ball. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Xavier Gallagher hit a great ball. When 『挑战者』大连星海湾's Teobald Budacz in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye England's goalie prevented a goal. In the 93rd match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eddie Willis to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teobald Budacz in the 94th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 98 played minutes 『挑战者』大连星海湾 got a freekick which was hit by 苏瑜崇.