Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kyle Cox started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Gustavo Crispo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Quinn Holmes hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute Micah Macdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvestre Lidon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 9th minute, Issac Dawson made a precise shot to the right of Silvestre Lidon. NeW York CitY CopS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Silvestre Lidon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Issac Dawson in the 13th minute of play. England's Micah Macdonald suffered a sore knee after 18 minutes and couldn't finish the game. England made a substitution. Rowan Thomas replaced Micah Macdonald. In the 19th minute, Gogo Rayman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 21st minute of play forced NeW York CitY CopS's goalkeeper Silvestre Lidon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the NeW York CitY CopS defense, Issac Dawson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Silvestre Lidon. The NeW York CitY CopS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Silvestre Lidon should have stopped the shot. Silvestre Lidon came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by England's Kyle Cox. But to his dismay, Kyle Cox quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. 34 minutes into the match, NeW York CitY CopS's goal looked a bit too open when Issac Dawson came free, but Silvestre Lidon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Silvestre Lidon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 35th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the game, Issac Dawson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Silvestre Lidon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 40 minutes of play, England's Issac Dawson made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Silvestre Lidon was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alejo Beltran during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 43rd match minute, NeW York CitY CopS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejo Beltran to maneuver through the defense. Silvestre Lidon came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by England's Kyle Cox. But to his dismay, Kyle Cox quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7.

Kyle Cox received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Silvestre Lidon came out and tried to block the shot, but Kyle Cox slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 51st minute. The throw-in from Leighton Davies in the 55th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by NeW York CitY CopS's Generoso Galsino. Silvestre Lidon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caelan Hayes in the 56th minute of play. Issac Dawson took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Silvestre Lidon. Silvestre Lidon dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9. Silvestre Lidon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Issac Dawson, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Rowan Thomas took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Silvestre Lidon. Silvestre Lidon dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-10. After 66 minutes of play, England's Xavier Gallagher made it 0-11 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Silvestre Lidon was left in no man's land by his defense there! Quinn Holmes made in the 70th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Kyle Cox immediately put the ball in play. Silvestre Lidon was out of position in the 72 minute of play, and Kyle Cox capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kyle Cox really showed his touch with that goal: 0-12. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Seth Young hit a great ball. Silvestre Lidon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Issac Dawson went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-13 was the resulting score. Silvestre Lidon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 82nd minute of the match. Issac Dawson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Silvestre Lidon made a huge save. When Gogo Rayman was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 84 minutes had been played. NeW York CitY CopS's Venancio Fortun got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Silvestre Lidon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caelan Hayes in the 95th minute of play. Silvestre Lidon was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Kyle Cox showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-15 in the 96 minute of play. When the match was over England could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than NeW York CitY CopS throughout the match.