Challenge

England Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kyle Cox got the match started through his kick off. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Magdaleno Encina in the 5th minute of the match. In the 11th minute Manuel Sampaio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khalid Kennedy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 12 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Gallagher. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manuel Sampaio in the 13th minute of play. Cooper Thompson hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. If Manuel Sampaio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ragnar Johansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 23 played minutes Tiki Taka FC got a freekick which was hit by Garikoitz Abad. Issac Dawson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Oséias de Andrade firmly grabbed it by the left post. A nice corner shot did that Micah Macdonald got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Oséias de Andrade quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 30th minute Magdaleno Encina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khalid Kennedy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tiki Taka FC's Oséias de Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 35th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Ragnar Johansson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Khalid Kennedy was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ma Xing Yang, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ragnar Johansson in the 45th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 47th minute of play forced Tiki Taka FC's goalkeeper Oséias de Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the game, Seth Young was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. England's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tiki Taka FC the free kick. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Manuel Sampaio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Issac Dawson 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. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. Cooper Thompson lost his temper 61 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 66th minute Ragnar Johansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khalid Kennedy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 70 minutes, Kyle Cox made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Tiki Taka FC's Oséias de Andrade tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Issac Dawson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Oséias de Andrade tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 74 minutes into the game, Xavier Gallagher was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. England's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tiki Taka FC the free kick. After 75 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Gallagher. Ragnar Johansson scored 2-3 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Khalid Kennedy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ragnar Johansson got free with Khalid Kennedy in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. After 85 minutes of play, Tiki Taka FC's Ragnar Johansson made it 2-4 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! In the 88th minute Magdaleno Encina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khalid Kennedy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ma Xing Yang could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Khalid Kennedy made a huge save. Marvin Bejarano kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The Tiki Taka FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.