Challenge

Sabia Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Narciso Zonta got the match started through his kick off. After 2 played minutes Uberlandia-DMZ got a freekick which was hit by Miguel Costa. In the 3rd minute, Micah Macdonald ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Osvaldinho Guimarães was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Narciso Zonta in the 7th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 9th minute of play forced Uberlandia-DMZ's goalkeeper Osvaldinho Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kyle Cox during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Uberlandia-DMZ booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kyle Cox didn't get a good kick on the ball. 16 minutes into the match, Uberlandia-DMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Osvaldinho Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Khalid Kennedy made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when João Francisco Seco sent off a good shot on target. Osvaldinho Guimarães 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 22nd minute. After a rather tough play, Uberlandia-DMZ's Dinei de Lara got a free kick in the 22nd minute. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Osvaldinho Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xavier Gallagher in the 38th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Uberlandia-DMZ's Pedro Paulo Bueno got a free kick in the 40th minute. The supporters of Uberlandia-DMZ booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kyle Cox didn't get a good kick on the ball. Micah Macdonald kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Micah Macdonald in the 48th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Osvaldinho Guimarães saved Uberlandia-DMZ from getting behind. The Uberlandia-DMZ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. England were winning 0-1.

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 some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, João Francisco Seco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Uberlandia-DMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but João Francisco Seco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Khalid Kennedy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 57th minute, Miguel Costa 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. After a rather tough play, England's Kyle Cox got a free kick in the 59th minute. Osvaldinho Guimarães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Costa in the 65th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 68th minute of play forced Uberlandia-DMZ's goalkeeper Osvaldinho Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the game, Micah Macdonald recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Osvaldinho Guimarães. Micah Macdonald showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Uberlandia-DMZ's Narciso Zonta. But to his dismay, Narciso Zonta quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Kyle Cox could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Osvaldinho Guimarães made a huge save. Uberlandia-DMZ's Osvaldinho Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 85th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Uberlandia-DMZ's Narciso Zonta got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 93rd minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvaldinho Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.