Challenge

England Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Miklós Fehér took the kick off in the first half of the match. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from János Holzhauser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the match, Miklós Fehér notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of England's Khalid Kennedy. Khalid Kennedy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by János Holzhauser in the 11th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jeromos Mayer during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 16th match minute, FC Budapest was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeromos Mayer to maneuver through the defense. Kyle Cox took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bálint Hellinger. Bálint Hellinger dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Budapest's Miklós Fehér. But to his dismay, Miklós Fehér quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Botond Kutasi charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Botond Kutasi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jeromos Mayer hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. If Botond Kutasi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by England's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Félix Kis was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Budapest's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on FC Budapest's corner Félix Kis fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Khalid Kennedy quite easily take care of the ball. 40 minutes into the match, János Holzhauser notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of England's Khalid Kennedy. Khalid Kennedy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miklós Fehér, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The England players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Budapest were winning 1-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kyle Cox was the one to do the kick off. After 59 played minutes FC Budapest got a freekick which was hit by Viktor Edelényi. After 62 minutes of play, FC Budapest's János Holzhauser made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Khalid Kennedy was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bálint Hellinger 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 67th minute. In the 67th minute, Kyle Cox ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bálint Hellinger was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. Xavier Gallagher kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by János Holzhauser in the 70th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kyle Cox in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bálint Hellinger saved FC Budapest from getting behind. 74 minutes into the match, Miklós Fehér dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Khalid Kennedy, 2-5. After a defensive mix-up in FC Budapest's zone, Issac Dawson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bálint Hellinger came out of the goal and Issac Dawson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktor Edelényi in the 81st minute of the match. After 83 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Micah Macdonald. After 84 played minutes FC Budapest got a freekick which was hit by János Holzhauser. Bálint Hellinger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Micah Macdonald in the 85th minute of play. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Micah Macdonald advanced and headed the ball into goal, 3-5 in the 86th minute. Bálint Hellinger stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kyle Cox's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. Issac Dawson might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bálint Hellinger. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Issac Dawson ran back to his position shaking his head. The FC Budapest supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing FC Budapest would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.