Challenge

FCA Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Grzegorz Giertych got the match started through his kick off. Klement Lichorobiec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Micah Macdonald in the 5th minute of play. After 9 played minutes FC Alkomaty got a freekick which was hit by Grzegorz Giertych. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grzegorz Giertych got free with Khalid Kennedy in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kyle Cox in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Klement Lichorobiec prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Klement Lichorobiec stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Micah Macdonald's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. Kyle Cox recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Grzegorz Giertych came free with the goalkeeper in the 30th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Khalid Kennedy could save by the left post. 31 minutes into the match, FC Alkomaty's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Klement Lichorobiec reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Kyle Cox's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Klement Lichorobiec was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Klement Lichorobiec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 35th minute of play. After 37 minutes of play, England's Micah Macdonald made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Klement Lichorobiec was left in no man's land by his defense there! Klement Lichorobiec 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 41st minute. Quinn Holmes made in the 43rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Caelan Hayes. Arkadiusz Dobrzechowski kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Jerzy Jazwiec hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. In the 48th minute, FC Alkomaty's Damazy Wozniak seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Damazy Wozniak the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC Alkomaty protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Damazy Wozniak had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Damazy Wozniak kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. Klement Lichorobiec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xavier Gallagher, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kyle Cox to make the kick off. FC Alkomaty's Klement Lichorobiec played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 53rd minute of play. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, FC Alkomaty's Grzegorz Giertych got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 64 minutes into the match, FC Alkomaty's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Klement Lichorobiec reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Alkomaty's Klement Lichorobiec proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save FC Alkomaty from getting a goal against them. After 69 played minutes FC Alkomaty got a freekick which was hit by Grzegorz Giertych. Klement Lichorobiec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 71st minute of play. Klement Lichorobiec didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Issac Dawson went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After having played for 77 minutes, Caelan Hayes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Caelan Hayes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in FC Alkomaty's zone, Xavier Gallagher stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Klement Lichorobiec came out of the goal and Xavier Gallagher tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Klement Lichorobiec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 80th minute of the match. Micah Macdonald took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Klement Lichorobiec. Klement Lichorobiec dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After some careless play in the FC Alkomaty defense, Kyle Cox kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Klement Lichorobiec. The FC Alkomaty fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Klement Lichorobiec should have stopped the shot. In the 89th match minute, FC Alkomaty was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grzegorz Giertych to maneuver through the defense. Klement Lichorobiec didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Micah Macdonald went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Kyle Cox was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 95th minute. England's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 96th minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Klement Lichorobiec saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xavier Gallagher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Klement Lichorobiec having to interfere. After a rather tough play, FC Alkomaty's Grzegorz Giertych got a free kick in the 98th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 99th minute of play forced FC Alkomaty's goalkeeper Klement Lichorobiec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. England played a much better game than FC Alkomaty and deserved their victory. The FC Alkomaty players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.