Challenge

Quang Ngai
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Trần Ritchell got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trần Ritchell in the 7th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Nguyễn Phuong had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the England defense, Trần Ritchell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Khalid Kennedy. The England fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Khalid Kennedy should have stopped the shot. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, England's Caelan Hayes got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Trần Ritchell's late challenge caught a England's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Trần Ritchell helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of England booed when FC Dalin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Trần Ritchell didn't get a good kick on the ball. 29 minutes into the match, FC Dalin's goal looked a bit too open when Issac Dawson came free, but Hoàng Tran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Caelan Hayes in the 32nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by FC Dalin's Võ Hoai. The audience was convinced that Trần Ritchell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Khalid Kennedy was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 35th minute of the match FC Dalin got a corner. England's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Liễu Minh-ha ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, FC Dalin's Trần Quang got a free kick in the 36th minute. FC Dalin's Hoàng Tran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Issac Dawson in the 37th minute of play. FC Dalin's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Liễu Minh-ha in the 42nd minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kyle Cox to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, FC Dalin's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Hoàng Tran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eddie Willis to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hoàng Tran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute England were awarded a corner. Micah Macdonald went to the cornerflag to take it. Xavier Gallagher kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Liễu Minh-ha struck a weak shot in the 68th 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 FC Dalin. 70 minutes into the match, Thorvald Mansel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thorvald Mansel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Phạm Nguyet in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Võ Hoai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 74 minutes into the match, FC Dalin's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Hoàng Tran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. England were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after FC Dalin's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Micah Macdonald took the corner. After taking down the ball on England's corner Micah Macdonald fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Hoàng Tran quite easily take care of the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Micah Macdonald could shoot a difficult shot in the 82nd minute, which Hoàng Tran however easily saved by the left post. In the 85th match minute, FC Dalin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Trần Ritchell to maneuver through the defense. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Trần Ritchell took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Khalid Kennedy. Khalid Kennedy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trần Ritchell in the 95th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Phạm Nguyet managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Dalin's supporters rose to their feet, but Phạm Nguyet was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Khalid Kennedy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the referee ended the match the FC Dalin players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.