Challenge

Melon Garden
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Tomáš Malý started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Cooper Thompson hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Caelan Hayes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ján Tuleja was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. The supporters of England booed when FC Melon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomáš Malý didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 13th minute, Issac Dawson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ján Tuleja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Micah Macdonald in the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute Caelan Hayes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ján Tuleja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erik Žitňár charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erik Žitňár the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 17th minute, Erik Žitňár hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19thth minute of the game Kyle Cox who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Melon's Ján Tuleja was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Melon'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. When Tomáš Malý fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Melon's protests and gave Tomáš Malý a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, FC Melon's Tomáš Malý got a free kick in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 24th minute of play forced FC Melon's goalkeeper Ján Tuleja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ján Tuleja 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 28th minute. After 30 minutes of play, FC Melon's Matej Adamec made it 1-0 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 Micah Macdonald came up free with the goalie in the 33rd 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. Issac Dawson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 40th minute, Tomáš Malý left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Melon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

53 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Erik Žitňár came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 55 minutes, Kyle Cox managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kyle Cox was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Martin Kudlak hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 57th minute of the match Micah Macdonald shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ján Tuleja showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. FC Melon's Marek Janič got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Erik Žitňár struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Khalid Kennedy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Melon. FC Melon's Jaromír Mojžiš was substituted for Lukáš Hučka. After 64 minutes of play, FC Melon's Matej Adamec made it 3-0 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 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomáš Malý, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matej Adamec in the 68th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70thth minute of the game Vladimír Madeja who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but England's Khalid Kennedy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 71 minutes into the game, Tomáš Malý cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Khalid Kennedy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vladimír Madeja recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of England booed when FC Melon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimír Madeja didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the England defense, Tomáš Malý 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 84th minute, Matej Adamec 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 6-0. In the 93rd minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ján Tuleja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Matej Adamec in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Khalid Kennedy saved England from getting behind. Ján Tuleja 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 96th minute.