Challenge

England Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kyle Cox took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute, Ventzislav Slúnchev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 9 minutes into the match, Caelan Hayes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Borimir Bilalov. CARDANO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Caelan Hayes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 12th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seth Young to maneuver through the defense. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rosen Michkov in the 18th minute of play. Micah Macdonald recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 27 minutes of play, CARDANO's Rosen Michkov made it 1-1 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! When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Rosen Michkov put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's Micah Macdonald got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Seth Young hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. In the 48th minute, Bobi Vúrlyakov sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and England's Khalid Kennedy didn't even have to move.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rosen Michkov was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, England's Eddie Willis got a free kick in the 53rd minute. In the 58th minute, Huben Kotevski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Kennedy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rosen Michkov went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Borimir Bilalov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Micah Macdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 69 played minutes CARDANO got a freekick which was hit by Doychin Peshev. Borimir Bilalov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 72nd minute of the match. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gercho Súrbinski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Borimir Bilalov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Borimir Bilalov having to interfere. Borimir Bilalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Micah Macdonald in the 87th minute of play. The supporters of England booed when CARDANO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bobi Vúrlyakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Borimir Bilalov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Micah Macdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Plamen Seizov hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. The CARDANO players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.