Challenge

Estadio Hacha y Tiza
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. 2 minutes into the game, one of Metapalo FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Metapalo FC:s Gavino Belarmo showed great skill when he stopped Micah Macdonald:s penalty. In the 4th minute, Micah Macdonald left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The England fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Kyle Cox put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Gavino Belarmo. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Caelan Hayes hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Bengt-Arne Thedin took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Khalid Kennedy to make any attempt to save it. Gavino Belarmo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 32nd minute of the match. Gavino Belarmo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kyle Cox's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. Epifanio Marques kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. 47 minutes into the game, Issac Dawson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Gavino Belarmo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bengt-Arne Thedin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Metapalo FC booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Seth Young didn't get a good kick on the ball. Silvio Jobo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 57 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Kyle Cox. In the 61st minute Bengt-Arne Thedin 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. Bengt-Arne Thedin took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Khalid Kennedy. Khalid Kennedy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt-Arne Thedin in the 81st minute of play. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bengt-Arne Thedin in the 81st 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 Silvio Jobo in the 82nd minute of play.