England Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kyle Cox started the match with the kick off. Ares FC -MM-'s Zé Augusto Maciel managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Leighton Davies in the 6 minute of the game. 8 minutes into the game, Baal Ares cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Khalid Kennedy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, England's Micah Macdonald got a free kick in the 10th minute. After a defensive mix-up in England's zone, Baal Ares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal and Baal Ares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baal Ares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Issac Dawson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Luca Jivulescu made a huge save. After a rather tough play, England's Leighton Davies got a free kick in the 20th minute. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Leighton Davies hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Baal Ares managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ares FC -MM-'s supporters rose to their feet, but Baal Ares 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Issac Dawson got free with Luca Jivulescu in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Ares FC -MM- booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leighton Davies didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute, Baal Ares 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 0-2. 38 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Baal Ares came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Ares FC -MM-'s Luca Jivulescu. Luca Jivulescu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Baal Ares took the ball and in the 42 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 1-4. The England players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ares FC -MM- were winning 1-4.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Baal Ares was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baal Ares in the 52nd minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baal Ares, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 62nd minute Baal Ares 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. Karadeniz Otay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Khalid Kennedy made a huge save. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Ares FC -MM-'s Baal Ares. But to his dismay, Baal Ares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. After 71 minutes of play, Ares FC -MM-'s Baal Ares made it 1-6 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! An unexpectedly hard shot by Baal Ares in the 78th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Quinn Holmes hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. If Baal Ares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baal Ares in the 87th minute of play. Ares FC -MM-'s Zé Augusto Maciel quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Quinn Holmes, made in the 89th minute of the game. After 90 played minutes Ares FC -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Baal Ares. After a defensive mix-up in England's zone, Baal Ares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal and Baal Ares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 95 minutes in the game Quinn Holmes did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Caelan Hayes. When the match was over Ares FC -MM- could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than England throughout the match.
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