Challenge

Pepsi Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kyle Cox started the match with the kick off. Pepsi FC's Christer Forsberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 3rd minute of play. Micah Macdonald received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Christer Forsberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 9 played minutes Pepsi FC got a freekick which was hit by Wellington Arce. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 15 minutes into the game, Sture Stensson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pepsi FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave England the free kick. In the 15th minute, Sture Stensson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Károly Csorba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Khalid Kennedy made a huge save. In the 21st minute, Xavier Gallagher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qi Sha Zhen in the 25th minute of the match. Micah Macdonald's late challenge caught a Pepsi FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Micah Macdonald helped the player get up and apologised. In the 26th minute, Micah Macdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 27 minutes into the match, Pepsi FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Christer Forsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Khalid Kennedy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Qi Sha Zhen in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Pepsi FC's Christer Forsberg. Christer Forsberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Pepsi FC's goalkeeper Christer Forsberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pepsi FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Micah Macdonald was slow to take the kick. During this time England's players had a chance to rest. After a rather tough play, England's Xavier Gallagher got a free kick in the 35th minute. Allan Hedman hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Hu Sheng Nan made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 43rdth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Khalid Kennedy would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post.

The crowd rose to their feet as Kyle Cox kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Christer Forsberg. That made the score 0-2 in the 58 minute of play. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sture Stensson in the 60th minute of play. In the 63rd match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cooper Thompson to maneuver through the defense. 64 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Qi Sha Zhen came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 70th play minutes Kyle Cox shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Christer Forsberg and just under the crossbar into goal. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qi Sha Zhen, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 80th minute, Xavier Gallagher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qi Sha Zhen, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After 87 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Issac Dawson. Mattias Samuelsson kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Kyle Cox kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Christer Forsberg. That made the score 1-4 in the 94 minute of play. The supporters of England booed when Pepsi FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sture Stensson didn't get a good kick on the ball. England's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.