Challenge

Jurong East Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Erik Jilek kicked off to start the match. With a little luck, Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub got control of the ball when Per Gross tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 6th minute Albirex Niigata FC were awarded a corner. Farhan Lee went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Farhan Lee got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vavrinec Holub quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bohumir Kohout during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Bohumir Kohout hit a great ball. In the 9th minute, Albirex Niigata FC's Sharizan Chee ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 12 minutes into the match, Sharizan Chee notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 16th minute, Czech Republic's Bohumir Kohout seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Bohumir Kohout the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Czech Republic protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Bohumir Kohout had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 18th minute, Mohammad Lee got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sharizan Chee in the 20th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sharizan Chee in the 24th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sharizan Chee in the 31st minute of play. Per Gross took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. After some careless play in the Czech Republic defense, Sharizan Chee kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vavrinec Holub. The Czech Republic fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vavrinec Holub should have stopped the shot. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sharizan Chee, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Sharizan Chee took a quick shot and it went in 5-0 without a chance for Vavrinec Holub to make any attempt to save it. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sharizan Chee to make the kick off. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Per Gross in the 55th minute of play. Albirex Niigata FC's Mujahid Vijiaratnam got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sharizan Chee in the 58th minute of the match. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sharizan Chee in the 59th minute of the match. Denis Dostal charged in rather forcefully in the 60th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Denis Dostal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Czech Republic's Denis Dostal got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 61st minute Sharizan Chee shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavrinec Holub saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 62ndth minute of the game Sharizan Chee who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Czech Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Sharizan Chee came free, but Vavrinec Holub reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dale Kool came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Czech Republic's Alan Rezek. But to his dismay, Alan Rezek quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. David Rusil hit a great ball. 78 minutes into the match, Czech Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Sharizan Chee came free, but Vavrinec Holub reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Sharizan Chee had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sharizan Chee took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-1. After a rather tough play, Czech Republic's Kvetoslav Janku got a free kick in the 92nd minute. 94 minutes into the match, Czech Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Per Gross came free, but Vavrinec Holub reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sharizan Chee in the 95th minute of play. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sharizan Chee in the 97th minute of play.