Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kyle Cox made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the game, England's Kyle Cox nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ermegildo Medardo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Ismael Caton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9th minute, Kyle Cox made a precise shot to the right of Ermegildo Medardo. AbraXas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 11th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Caelan Hayes to maneuver through the defense. After 14 played minutes AbraXas got a freekick which was hit by Roberto Gonza. In the 20th minute of the game Cooper Thompson made a throw-in which Caelan Hayes played forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 21st minute of play forced AbraXas's goalkeeper Ermegildo Medardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. In the 27th minute, Felipe Ferdinand hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Quinn Holmes's late challenge caught a AbraXas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Quinn Holmes helped the player get up and apologised. Quinn Holmes hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. When Kyle Cox came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the England 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 Kyle Cox couldn't finish the play. 33 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ermegildo Medardo. AbraXas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kyle Cox was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Ermegildo Medardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 39th minute of the match. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ermegildo Medardo having to interfere. Ermegildo Medardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Issac Dawson in the 43rd minute of play. Kyle Cox recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 46th minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ermegildo Medardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Angel Llin to make the kick off. Leighton Davies made in the 54th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by AbraXas's Jorge Pudes. AbraXas's Ermegildo Medardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 56th minute of play. Ermegildo Medardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caelan Hayes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the England defense, Ismael Caton 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. AbraXas's Ermegildo Medardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Issac Dawson in the 65th minute of play. Ermegildo Medardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 67th minute of play. Ermegildo Medardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 68th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, AbraXas's goalkeeper Ermegildo Medardo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Micah Macdonald. In the 72nd minute, England's Caelan Hayes ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ermegildo Medardo. Ermegildo Medardo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. Quinn Holmes got a throw-in 75 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Caelan Hayes. In the 77th minute of the game Quinn Holmes made a throw-in which Kyle Cox played forward. AbraXas's Ermegildo Medardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 78th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, AbraXas's goal looked a bit too open when Caelan Hayes came free, but Ermegildo Medardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by AbraXas'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. Ermegildo Medardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 82nd minute of play. AbraXas's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Issac Dawson scored to the left of an out of position Ermegildo Medardo, making the score, 1-5. 87 minutes into the match, AbraXas's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Ermegildo Medardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ermegildo Medardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyle Cox, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. With a little luck, AbraXas's Ermegildo Medardo got control of the ball when Issac Dawson tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 91st minute, England's Kyle Cox ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ermegildo Medardo. Ermegildo Medardo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-6. England's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.