Challenge

England Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Mihail Dimovski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Kyle Cox was extremely unlucky when he, in the 3rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Seth Young hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. England's Eddie Willis quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Mihail Dimovski, made in the 7th minute of the game. After 8 minutes of play, Avtokomanda Sloboda's Andrej Milenkov 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! A collision led to Avtokomanda Sloboda getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Žarko Mitanovski hit a great ball. Kyle Cox received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aco Nuhiji came out and tried to block the shot, but Kyle Cox slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 18th minute. In the 21st minute Issac Dawson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aco Nuhiji saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute England were awarded a corner. Micah Macdonald went to the cornerflag to take it. 27 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Andrej Milenkov came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Avtokomanda Sloboda's Aco Nuhiji played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 33rd minute of play. The supporters of England booed when Avtokomanda Sloboda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alekso Gojkovič didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gorjan Eftimov's late challenge caught a England's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gorjan Eftimov helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Avtokomanda Sloboda getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Gorjan Eftimov hit a great ball. Aco Nuhiji showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 38th minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, Avtokomanda Sloboda's goalkeeper Aco Nuhiji had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Micah Macdonald. When Micah Macdonald came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the England 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 Micah Macdonald couldn't finish the play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kyle Cox stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 57 minutes, Micah Macdonald mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the England and the Avtokomanda Sloboda players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 57th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Micah Macdonald to maneuver through the defense. Aco Nuhiji came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by England's Micah Macdonald. But to his dismay, Micah Macdonald quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. 64 minutes into the match, Avtokomanda Sloboda's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Aco Nuhiji reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Avtokomanda Sloboda's Alekso Gojkovič got a free kick in the 68th minute. Aco Nuhiji took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 74 minutes into the match, Andrej Milenkov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andrej Milenkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrej Milenkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alekso Gojkovič in the 79th minute of play. Aco Nuhiji showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyle Cox, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by Avtokomanda Sloboda's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Micah Macdonald was slow to take the kick. During this time England's players had a chance to rest. Emilijano Karov thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Aco Nuhiji, a very annoying self made goal in the 81st minute which led to 4-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Micah Macdonald in the 87th minute of play forced Avtokomanda Sloboda's goalkeeper Aco Nuhiji to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 91 minutes, Antonio Konstantinov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Avtokomanda Sloboda and the England players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 91st minute, Antonio Konstantinov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. England's Khalid Kennedy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save England from getting a goal against them. England walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.