Challenge

Leonor Rojas Muñoz
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Martin Petkov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Martin Petkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kyle Cox charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kyle Cox the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 8 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Kyle Cox. Issac Dawson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 14th minute, José Julio Serpa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pedro Muro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xavier Gallagher, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes into the match, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Micah Macdonald came free, but Pedro Muro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th match minute, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedro José Nogueira to maneuver through the defense. Pedro Muro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Micah Macdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Cox in the 28th minute of play forced ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s goalkeeper Pedro Muro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Pedro José Nogueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 31 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Caelan Hayes. The audience was convinced that Kyle Cox's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Muro was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. In the 39th minute Issac Dawson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Muro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Petkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 44th minute, Martin Petkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

52 minutes into the match, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s goalkeeper Pedro Muro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Micah Macdonald. When Belo Berges fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s protests and gave Belo Berges a yellow card for diving instead. After 54 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽! ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s José Julio Serpa quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Leighton Davies, made in the 59th minute of the game. In the 61stth minute of the game Kyle Cox who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Pedro Muro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Petkov in the 64th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Petkov in the 73rd minute of play. Martin Petkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Martin Petkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pedro Muro made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Issac Dawson sent off a good shot on target. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucio Pekergin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.