Challenge

Puszcza Bukowa
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Gianluca Lapadula started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 played minutes KS Bukowe got a freekick which was hit by Jan Zgonina. 4 minutes in the game Quinn Holmes did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Caelan Hayes. 10 minutes into the match, KS Bukowe's goal looked a bit too open when Issac Dawson came free, but Jerzy Dudek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jerzy Dudek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 11th minute of the match. Jerzy Dudek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Issac Dawson in the 14th minute of play. 23 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Gianluca Lapadula came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Cooper Thompson hit a great ball. In the 37th minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerzy Dudek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner led England's Micah Macdonald to fire away a dangerous shot which Jerzy Dudek despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Eddie Willis's late challenge caught a KS Bukowe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eddie Willis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 42nd match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eddie Willis to maneuver through the defense. Khalid Kennedy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gianluca Lapadula's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. KS Bukowe were awarded a corner in the 46th minute after England's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Stanislao Kuparinen took the corner. After taking down the ball on KS Bukowe's corner Lukasz Walczyk fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Khalid Kennedy quite easily take care of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Kyle Cox made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, KS Bukowe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Bakes to maneuver through the defense. In the 52nd minute of the match Micah Macdonald sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jerzy Dudek skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 53rd minute of play forced KS Bukowe's goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the game, KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula 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. After 66 minutes of play, KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Khalid Kennedy was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 73rd minute, Gianluca Lapadula made a precise shot to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianluca Lapadula in the 77th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy 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 Gianluca Lapadula in the 79th minute of play. Marian Mondrowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 90th minute, England's Kyle Cox ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jerzy Dudek. Jerzy Dudek yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-1. KS Bukowe walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.