Challenge

Estadio Bermejo
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Caco Uchiha started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Micah Macdonald sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 5 minutes, Kyle Cox managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kyle Cox was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 6th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cooper Thompson to maneuver through the defense. After 9 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Micah Macdonald. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Caco Uchiha in the 10th minute of the match. In the 13th minute, Issac Dawson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Kyle Cox came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the England fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kyle Cox couldn't finish the play. Aaron Lapurdi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th minute of the match England got a corner. Bermejo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Micah Macdonald ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Caelan Hayes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Aaron Lapurdi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Xavier Gallagher hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Bermejo's Silvano Garcia got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Caco Uchiha in the 26th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute, Quinn Holmes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 29 minutes, Silvano Garcia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bermejo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Silvano Garcia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 30 played minutes Bermejo got a freekick which was hit by Francisco Jerrald. 31 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aaron Lapurdi. Bermejo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kyle Cox was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Micah Macdonald's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aaron Lapurdi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eriberto Mancio in the 36th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, England's Xavier Gallagher got a free kick in the 37th minute. 39 minutes into the game, England's Kyle Cox nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aaron Lapurdi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 42nd minute, one of Bermejo:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Bermejo. Bermejo:s Aaron Lapurdi showed great skill when he stopped Micah Macdonald:s penalty. After a rather tough play, Bermejo's Arturo Isusko got a free kick in the 43rd minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kyle Cox to make the kick off. Aaron Lapurdi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xavier Gallagher in the 53rd minute. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 72nd minute, Cristo Errolan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Bermejo's zone, Micah Macdonald stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aaron Lapurdi 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. Aaron Lapurdi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kyle Cox's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Kyle Cox put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Aaron Lapurdi. After 79 played minutes Bermejo got a freekick which was hit by Cornelio Ignatius. Xavier Gallagher kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Aaron Lapurdi was out of position in the 84 minute of play, and Kyle Cox capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kyle Cox really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. 88 minutes into the match, Bermejo's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Aaron Lapurdi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 90 minutes, Cristo Errolan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bermejo and the England players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Bermejo getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Cristo Errolan hit a great ball. Aaron Lapurdi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 93rd minute of the match. Aaron Lapurdi was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Issac Dawson capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Issac Dawson really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6.