Challenge

Campo do Negritude
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Claudinho Porto got the match started through his kick off. Luan Carioca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 3rd minute of the match. Inácio Macedo hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Caelan Hayes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Xavier Gallagher hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Claudinho Porto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Issac Dawson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When England's Kyle Cox in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye NEGRITUDE FC's goalie prevented a goal. Luan Carioca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Micah Macdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Dadá Antunes struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Khalid Kennedy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NEGRITUDE FC. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudinho Porto in the 21st minute of play. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dadá Antunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Xavier Gallagher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luan Carioca having to interfere. Luan Carioca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caelan Hayes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luan Carioca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Micah Macdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute, NEGRITUDE FC's Hamílton Schmidt dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. 39 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Claudinho Porto came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute, Claudinho Porto reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Khalid Kennedy. The goal made the score 2-0. After 45 minutes of play, England's Micah Macdonald made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luan Carioca was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kyle Cox made a kick off. Cooper Thompson kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinho Porto in the 53rd minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Issac Dawson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Luan Carioca. That made the score 2-2 in the 55 minute of play. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hamílton Schmidt, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. The supporters of NEGRITUDE FC booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xavier Gallagher didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Claudinho Porto came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the NEGRITUDE FC 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 Claudinho Porto couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, NEGRITUDE FC's Dadá Antunes got a free kick in the 75th minute. After a defensive mix-up in NEGRITUDE FC's zone, Kyle Cox stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luan Carioca came out of the goal and Kyle Cox tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Leighton Davies charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leighton Davies the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Leighton Davies hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Dadá Antunes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khalid Kennedy having to interfere. Luan Carioca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Issac Dawson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Luan Carioca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 90th minute, Kyle Cox reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luan Carioca. The goal made the score 2-3. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match was over England could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than NEGRITUDE FC throughout the match.