Challenge

Selman Stermasi
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kyle Cox took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aureo Aballe got free with Khalid Kennedy in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Khalid Kennedy managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when Dinamo Tirana's Mitxel Abar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Mitxel Abar's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, Khalid Kennedy skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Luiz Paulo Goiano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Khalid Kennedy was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. In the 6th minute, Micah Macdonald 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. Micah Macdonald charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Micah Macdonald the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. The supporters of England booed when Dinamo Tirana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Izel Abecia didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dinamo Tirana's goalkeeper Ceandro Abadie, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, England's Khalid Kennedy got control of the ball when Mitxel Abar tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ceandro Abadie came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by England's Issac Dawson. But to his dismay, Issac Dawson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aureo Aballe in the 31st minute of play. Khalid Kennedy made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Teodosio Elazar sent off a good shot on target. In the 37th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cooper Thompson to maneuver through the defense. After the first half England were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luiz Paulo Goiano to strike the kick off in the second half. Caelan Hayes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ceandro Abadie having to interfere. After having played for 56 minutes, Issac Dawson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Issac Dawson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Paulo Goiano in the 61st minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Izel Abecia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khalid Kennedy having to interfere. Dinamo Tirana's Iker Dominguez was substituted for Izel Abecia. In the 68th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cooper Thompson to maneuver through the defense. In the 69th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seth Young to maneuver through the defense. Dinamo Tirana's Iker Dominguez suffered a concussion in the 79th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Kyle Cox charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kyle Cox the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Kyle Cox kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. In the 80th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kyle Cox to maneuver through the defense. 83 minutes into the game, Mitxel Abar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Khalid Kennedy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aureo Aballe scored 3-2 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Khalid Kennedy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mitxel Abar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardinho Trigo in the 92nd minute of the match. The supporters of Dinamo Tirana booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xavier Gallagher didn't get a good kick on the ball. England's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.