Challenge

Texas Holigans
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 5 minutes of play, England's Issac Dawson made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rafettin Bostan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferdinando Michelini in the 8th minute of play. England were furious when Seth Young was red carded, 12 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After a rather tough play, England's Seth Young got a free kick in the 13th minute. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 21 minutes into the match, Araklılı Avareler 1961's Ferdinando Michelini sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Khalid Kennedy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 23 minutes into the game, England's Kyle Cox nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rafettin Bostan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. 28 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Nuri Sabri came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ferdinando Michelini scored 1-2 in the 28th 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. Issac Dawson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferdinando Michelini in the 36th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ferdinando Michelini in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Khalid Kennedy prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Cooper Thompson hit a great ball. With a little luck, England's Khalid Kennedy got control of the ball when Zheng Xiang Chong tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 46th match minute, Araklılı Avareler 1961 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karahan Salikbey to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Kyle Cox made the kick off in the second half. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafettin Bostan having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Issac Dawson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafettin Bostan was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kyle Cox during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 64th minute, Kyle Cox hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 69 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. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karahan Salikbey in the 72nd minute of play. In the 79th minute Ferdinando Michelini 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. Xavier Gallagher's late challenge caught a Araklılı Avareler 1961's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xavier Gallagher helped the player get up and apologised. Xavier Gallagher kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafettin Bostan having to interfere. Rafettin Bostan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 84th minute of the match. Rafettin Bostan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferdinando Michelini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over England could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Araklılı Avareler 1961 throughout the match.