Challenge

Estadio Mojanda
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sánchez Castruita started the match with the kick off. With a little luck, England's Khalid Kennedy got control of the ball when Sánchez Castruita tried to sneak it across the goal line. 8 minutes into the match, England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Inocencio Tarresola. The referee felt a red card was in order, 12 minutes into the game, when Seth Young put in a rough tackle. In the 12th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seth Young to maneuver through the defense. Uriel Laserna's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Khalid Kennedy read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Eddie Willis hit a great ball. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geovanny Sabugo in the 19th minute of play. In the 19th minute of the match, Geovanny Sabugo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Khalid Kennedy saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 20th minute, Kyle Cox left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The England fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 23rd minute, Cesar Tartales hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Kennedy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Geovanny Sabugo went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sánchez Castruita got free with Khalid Kennedy in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Xavier Gallagher during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Azulgranas booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xavier Gallagher didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Kyle Cox managed to get in a good position for a shot. England's supporters rose to their feet, but Kyle Cox was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Łukasz Fabiański breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 44 minutes, Inocencio Tarresola managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Azulgranas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Inocencio Tarresola was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kyle Cox was the one to do the kick off. Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Łukasz Fabiański tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Issac Dawson got free with Łukasz Fabiański in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Azulgranas made a substitution. Ulises Terroba replaced Inocencio Tarresola. Azulgranas's Francisco Berrios was substituted for Marco Zust. Cesar Tartales hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Kyle Cox kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Łukasz Fabiański. That made the score 1-3 in the 72 minute of play. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Łukasz Fabiański having to interfere. In the 77th minute Victoriano Movilla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khalid Kennedy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Berrios in the 78th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, Francisco Berrios had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Francisco Berrios was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. After 84 minutes of play, Azulgranas's Francisco Berrios made it 3-3 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 87th minute, Victoriano Movilla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Khalid Kennedy was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-3. In the 90th minute, Ulises Terroba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 5-3 became the score in the 93rd minute when Victoriano Movilla elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After 96 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Micah Macdonald. Uriel Laserna struck a weak shot in the 97th minute. Khalid Kennedy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Azulgranas. England's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.