Challenge

Old Trafford
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Florian Adan took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Dostal in the 7th minute of play forced Manchester United's goalkeeper Argider Ferrero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute of the match Czech Republic got a corner. Manchester United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Erik Jilek ran over to the corner to take the kick. 15 minutes into the match, Manchester United's goal looked a bit too open when Erik Jilek came free, but Argider Ferrero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Argider Ferrero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alan Rezek in the 17th minute of the match. After 18 minutes Manchester United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Erik Jilek who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in David Rusil almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Manchester United's Argider Ferrero did a great save. Erik Jilek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Florian Adan put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Vavrinec Holub. In the 69th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Rusil to maneuver through the defense. Florian Adan took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Alan Rezek struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Argider Ferrero didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Czech Republic. Denis Dostal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Adan in the 96th minute of the match. Manchester United's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.