Challenge

England Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kyle Cox took the kick off in the first half of the match. Bernard Zajac made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Issac Dawson sent off a good shot on target. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ksawery Polkoski in the 5th minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, Ksawery Polkoski 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. 8 minutes into the match, Gruszowiec's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Bernard Zajac reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 11 played minutes Gruszowiec got a freekick which was hit by Ignacy Bubczyk. Gruszowiec's Dominik Walczak got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Micah Macdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Bernard Zajac made a huge save. Dominik Walczak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khalid Kennedy having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Gruszowiec's Marcin Resel got a free kick in the 19th minute. The supporters of England booed when Gruszowiec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pawel Panasewicz didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 26 minutes Gruszowiec's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Micah Macdonald who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to England's Leighton Davies getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 31 minutes into the match, England's Kyle Cox sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bernard Zajac narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 36 minutes, Bernard Zajac successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 37th minute of the match England got a corner. Gruszowiec's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Micah Macdonald ran over to the corner to take the kick. England were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after Gruszowiec's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Micah Macdonald took the corner. The corner ended in Cooper Thompson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Gruszowiec's Bernard Zajac did a great save. In the 47th minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernard Zajac 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 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dominik Walczak was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Gruszowiec booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Seth Young didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 57 minutes, Ksawery Polkoski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gruszowiec's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ksawery Polkoski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dominik Walczak hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. 61 minutes into the match, Gruszowiec's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Bernard Zajac reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominik Walczak in the 66th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by England's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ksawery Polkoski was slow to take the kick. During this time Gruszowiec's players had a chance to rest. Ksawery Polkoski made a great header on Gruszowiec's corner, it was just that England's Khalid Kennedy managed to reach the ball for a save. Bernard Zajac made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 72nd minute of play. When Marcin Resel fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gruszowiec's protests and gave Marcin Resel a yellow card for diving instead. After 80 played minutes Gruszowiec got a freekick which was hit by Marcin Resel. Bernard Zajac took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Micah Macdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gruszowiec'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. The corner ended in Micah Macdonald almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Gruszowiec's Bernard Zajac did a great save. The supporters of England booed when Gruszowiec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcin Resel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 89 minutes, Khalid Kennedy successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The throw-in from Leighton Davies in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gruszowiec's Zachary Zawadzki. After 94 minutes of play, England's Micah Macdonald made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bernard Zajac was left in no man's land by his defense there! England were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.