Challenge

England Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fausto Mendonça made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. Edward Krzynowek took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 4th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Khalid Kennedy. England's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Mendonça in the 6th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 9 minutes, Raigo Vananurm mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Scarlet Speedster and the England players grew even worse after the yellow card. Naldo Proença took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Issac Dawson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Fausto Mendonça had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Leighton Davies hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. When Scarlet Speedster's Fausto Mendonça, in the 18th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Scarlet Speedster. After 21 minutes of play, Scarlet Speedster's Fausto Mendonça made it 0-1 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 25th minute Raigo Vananurm 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. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raigo Vananurm in the 31st minute of play. A collision led to Scarlet Speedster getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. 龚棋岩 hit a great ball. 41 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Mendonça came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fausto Mendonça recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

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 a rather tough play, England's Leighton Davies got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 60thth minute of the game Raigo Vananurm who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but England's Khalid Kennedy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 62 minutes had been played when some careless play by England's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edward Krzynowek was slow to take the kick. During this time Scarlet Speedster's players had a chance to rest. A collision led to Scarlet Speedster getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Raigo Vananurm hit a great ball. After 66 minutes, Fausto Mendonça mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Scarlet Speedster and the England players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 66th match minute, Scarlet Speedster was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fausto Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Xavier Gallagher during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Xavier Gallagher hit a great ball. 72 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Raigo Vananurm came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. England's Xavier Gallagher got his second yellow card of the match in the 75th minute. The referee ordered Xavier Gallagher off the ground. In the 75th minute, Xavier Gallagher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Fausto Mendonça came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Scarlet Speedster 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 Fausto Mendonça couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Fausto Mendonça managed to get in a good position for a shot. Scarlet Speedster's supporters rose to their feet, but Fausto Mendonça 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 81st minute, Seth Young hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 82 minutes into the game, Scarlet Speedster's Fausto Mendonça nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Khalid Kennedy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Cooper Thompson hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. Fausto Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 95thth minute of the game Fausto Mendonça who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but England's Khalid Kennedy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The England fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Scarlet Speedster were clearly better and deserved to take the win.