Challenge

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kyle Cox made the kick off which started today's match. Micah Macdonald's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bernard Fafinski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. After 3 minutes of play, England's Micah Macdonald made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bernard Fafinski was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, England's Seth Young got a free kick in the 5th minute. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Kyle Cox hit a great ball. Bernard Fafinski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyle Cox, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 17 minutes into the game, Wincent Zajac cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Khalid Kennedy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 21st match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leighton Davies to maneuver through the defense. 22 minutes into the match, DawcyMocyWNocy Juniors's Adam Podolski broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Bernard Fafinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 25th minute of play. 25 minutes into the game, Kyle Cox cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Bernard Fafinski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, DawcyMocyWNocy Juniors's Teofil Swoboda got a free kick in the 29th minute. When Teofil Swoboda was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 40 minutes had been played. In the 41st match minute, DawcyMocyWNocy Juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teofil Swoboda to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute, Kyle Cox ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bernard Fafinski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cooper Thompson during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Bernard Fafinski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Issac Dawson, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After a defensive mix-up in DawcyMocyWNocy Juniors's zone, Micah Macdonald stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bernard Fafinski came out of the goal and Micah Macdonald tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Song Xun Le made a kick off. Bernard Fafinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 53rd minute of play. In the 57th minute, Seth Young hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th minute, Adam Podolski 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. If Micah Macdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 68th minute of play forced DawcyMocyWNocy Juniors's goalkeeper Bernard Fafinski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Song Xun Le came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bernard Fafinski. DawcyMocyWNocy Juniors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kyle Cox was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5. After 78 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Issac Dawson. Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Bernard Fafinski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to DawcyMocyWNocy Juniors getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Krzysztof Grondzki hit a great ball. Micah Macdonald recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 96 minutes into the match, England's Kyle Cox sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bernard Fafinski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded England left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than DawcyMocyWNocy Juniors.