Challenge

FC NATIONAL ARENA
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) England's Kyle Cox started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Khalid Kennedy was a little too slow when Phaiakes Paraskevopoulos got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 4th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 8th minute, Issac Dawson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexandros Petridis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Phaiakes Paraskevopoulos in the 13th minute of play. With a little luck, England's Khalid Kennedy got control of the ball when Jonathan Calleri tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 16th minute, Octavian Popescu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Khalid Kennedy was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 20th minute Octavian Popescu 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. 21 minutes into the match, England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonathan Calleri. Khalid Kennedy was out of position in the 22 minute of play, and Octavian Popescu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Octavian Popescu really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. In the 25th minute Micah Macdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexandros Petridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC NATIONAL's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Micah Macdonald was slow to take the kick. During this time England's players had a chance to rest. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Leighton Davies hit a great ball. Alexandros Petridis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Micah Macdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xavier Gallagher kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. In the 36th match minute, FC NATIONAL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Apostolis Polychronopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Alexandros Petridis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 37th minute of the match. FC NATIONAL's Alexandros Petridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Micah Macdonald in the 38th minute of play. A collision led to FC NATIONAL getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Phaiakes Paraskevopoulos hit a great ball. Octavian Popescu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Khalid Kennedy came out and tried to block the shot, but Octavian Popescu slotted it home off the left post making it 4-2 in the 41st minute. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-2 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Octavian Popescu to strike the kick off in the second half. FC NATIONAL's Alexandros Petridis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save FC NATIONAL from getting a goal against them. 58 minutes into the match, FC NATIONAL's goal looked a bit too open when Issac Dawson came free, but Alexandros Petridis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexandros Petridis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Issac Dawson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Calleri in the 63rd minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Calleri in the 70th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Octavian Popescu put it in 5-2 from a short distance just to the right of Khalid Kennedy. Micah Macdonald hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octavian Popescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. The supporters of FC NATIONAL booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Micah Macdonald didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 81 minutes of play, England's Micah Macdonald made it 5-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alexandros Petridis was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Octavian Popescu fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC NATIONAL's protests and gave Octavian Popescu a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, FC NATIONAL's Octavian Popescu got a free kick in the 84th minute. Alexandros Petridis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paraskevas Sorin in the 88th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexandros Petridis was a little too slow when Issac Dawson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 89th minute. The score was now 5-4. After 92 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Gallagher. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Phaiakes Paraskevopoulos in the 94th minute of play. After 95 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Gallagher. 97 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Phaiakes Paraskevopoulos came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.