Challenge

Vlad Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. Leontin Popeneciu came free with the goalkeeper in the 5th 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. England's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Micah Macdonald in the 7th minute. A nice corner shot did that Micah Macdonald got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Esteban Ralondo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Esteban Ralondo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19th minute, Issac Dawson 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: 0-1. Esteban Ralondo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caelan Hayes in the 24th minute of play. With 28 minutes on the clock, Sandu Elisei commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 28th minute of the game. One of Thracian F.C:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of England:s goal. Esteban Ralondo had in the 31stth minute some difficulties stopping Micah Macdonald's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 31st match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gelu Lera during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 35th match minute, Thracian F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gelu Lera to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 37 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. In the 39th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cooper Thompson to maneuver through the defense. Thracian F.C's Esteban Ralondo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Issac Dawson in the 41st minute of play. After 46 minutes of play, England's Micah Macdonald made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Esteban Ralondo was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Victor Tache was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, England's Issac Dawson ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Esteban Ralondo. Esteban Ralondo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. 59 minutes into the match, Thracian F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Esteban Ralondo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Tache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thracian F.C made a substitution. Gláuber Mineiro replaced Pavel Cenușă. After some careless play in the Thracian F.C defense, Micah Macdonald kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Esteban Ralondo. The Thracian F.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Esteban Ralondo should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Thracian F.C's Esteban Ralondo got control of the ball when Micah Macdonald tried to sneak it across the goal line. Esteban Ralondo 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 82nd minute. Esteban Ralondo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 88th minute of play. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. England had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.