Challenge

Stadio Coviolo
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Kyle Cox made the kick off and thus started the match. When Micah Macdonald fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored England's protests and gave Micah Macdonald a yellow card for diving instead. After some careless play in the England defense, Alessandro Buffone 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. Through an outstanding action, after 9 minutes, Khalid Kennedy successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 10 minutes of play, Coviolo's Alessandro Buffone made it 2-0 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! If Micah Macdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Micah Macdonald came up free with the goalie in the 19th 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 Micah Macdonald couldn't finish the play. In the 21st minute, Eddie Willis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alexander Masetti charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexander Masetti the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 24th minute of play forced Coviolo's goalkeeper Pär Are to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfonso Muciaccia might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Khalid Kennedy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alfonso Muciaccia ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of Coviolo booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Issac Dawson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Khalid Kennedy acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 28th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Alexander Masetti. Amedeo Recio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Khalid Kennedy made a huge save. In the 33rd minute Issac Dawson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pär Are saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pär Are showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 33rd minute of the match. Amedeo Recio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Frezza in the 42nd minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Amedeo Recio made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Kyle Cox ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pär Are was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Xavier Gallagher hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Coviolo's Amedeo Recio. But to his dismay, Amedeo Recio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. After 65 minutes, Leighton Davies mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the England and the Coviolo players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 65th minute of the game. One of England:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Coviolo:s goal. Tacito Assenso hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 78th match minute, Coviolo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tacito Assenso to maneuver through the defense. In the 80th match minute, Coviolo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Domenico Olmi to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute of the match Alexander Masetti sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Khalid Kennedy skillfully saved the ball. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pär Are having to interfere. After having played for 87 minutes, Issac Dawson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Issac Dawson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 89 minutes into the match, Coviolo's goalkeeper Pär Are had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Xavier Gallagher. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tacito Assenso during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Tacito Assenso hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Pär Are 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 96th minute.