Challenge

Farsta Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Edgar Pihlberg made the kick off and thus started the match. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 5th minute of play forced Farsta BK's goalkeeper Jesus Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fortunato Peca in the 6th minute of play. After having played for 10 minutes, Micah Macdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Micah Macdonald was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jesus Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 14th minute of the match. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eddie Willis hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Khalid Kennedy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrew De Koning went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 24th minute of play forced Farsta BK's goalkeeper Jesus Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kyle Cox recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Issac Dawson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Jesus Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd minute Micah Macdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jesus Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Micah Macdonald scored 1-1 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jesus Navarro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 35th minute, João Augusto Damião hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 36th minute of play forced Farsta BK's goalkeeper Jesus Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jesus Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, England's Quinn Holmes got a free kick in the 44th minute. England's Cooper Thompson suffered a concussion after 45 minutes and had to leave the field. After a rather tough play, Farsta BK's Edgar Pihlberg got a free kick in the 47th minute.

51 minutes into the match, Farsta BK's goal looked a bit too open when Xavier Gallagher came free, but Jesus Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Farsta BK's Fortunato Peca got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 62nd minute Fortunato Peca 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. After 63 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Gallagher. Fortunato Peca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kyle Cox received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jesus Navarro came out and tried to block the shot, but Kyle Cox slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 72nd minute. In the 76th minute Edgar Pihlberg 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. When Kyle Cox came up free with the goalie in the 86th 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. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgar Pihlberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. In the 88th minute, Xavier Gallagher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 91 minutes of play, Farsta BK's Edgar Pihlberg made it 2-3 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! 95 minutes into the game, Fortunato Peca was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Farsta BK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave England the free kick. 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.