Challenge

England Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) After 8 minutes of play, Jofurs Drängar's Phan Dung 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! Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vlad Miniș, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute of the match Jofurs Drängar got a corner. England's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Osvald Alkvist ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Gilbert Björklund got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Khalid Kennedy quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ola Berg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Issac Dawson, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Phan Dung notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of England's Khalid Kennedy. Khalid Kennedy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 22 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Caelan Hayes. After a rather tough play, England's Eddie Willis got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Khalid Kennedy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vedat Arslanoğlu went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Khalid Kennedy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vedat Arslanoğlu's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. After some careless play in the England defense, Vlad Miniș kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Khalid Kennedy. The England fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Khalid Kennedy should have stopped the shot. In the 43rd minute, Xavier Gallagher 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: 1-4. Jofurs Drängar made a substitution. Magnus Glad replaced Vedat Arslanoğlu. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vlad Miniș, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Magnus Glad in the 58th minute of play. The supporters of Jofurs Drängar booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Micah Macdonald didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 64th minute, Vlad Miniș reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Khalid Kennedy. The goal made the score 1-5. In the 75th minute, Phan Dung made a precise shot to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-7. In the 77th minute, Osvald Alkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ola Berg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Issac Dawson, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Micah Macdonald in the 79th minute of play forced Jofurs Drängar's goalkeeper Ola Berg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Micah Macdonald put it in 2-7 from a short distance just to the right of Ola Berg. 84 minutes into the match, Magnus Glad dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Khalid Kennedy, 2-8. Issac Dawson scored 3-8 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ola Berg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Caelan Hayes in the 92nd minute of play forced Jofurs Drängar's goalkeeper Ola Berg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khalid Kennedy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alfons Helström in the 93rd minute. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilbert Björklund in the 95th minute of play. Jofurs Drängar played a much better game than England and deserved their victory. The England players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.