Challenge

Great Ayton
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Great Ayton's Custódio Matta started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Henrique Dos Santos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vavrinec Holub came out and tried to block the shot, but Henrique Dos Santos slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 5th minute. In the 9th minute, Denis Dostal got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of Czech Republic booed when Great Ayton was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo Akwa didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 16 played minutes Great Ayton got a freekick which was hit by Paulo Akwa. After a defensive mix-up in Great Ayton's zone, Alan Rezek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alão Bastos came out of the goal and Alan Rezek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Czech Republic's Erik Jilek got a free kick in the 34th minute. 35 minutes into the game, Custódio Matta recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Vavrinec Holub. Custódio Matta showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. After 38 minutes, Denis Dostal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Czech Republic and the Great Ayton players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Great Ayton booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denis Dostal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tadeu Duarte kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Daniel Vitek's late challenge caught a Great Ayton's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daniel Vitek helped the player get up and apologised. After 46 played minutes Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Vitek. After 46 played minutes, Great Ayton's Eduardo Ganete shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Great Ayton reached it.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Erik Jilek stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alan Rezek hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Custódio Matta in the 53rd minute of the match. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Denis Dostal hit a great ball. In the 57th minute, Eduardo Ganete ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vavrinec Holub was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. The Great Ayton fans' excitement grew in the 60th match minute when Great Ayton's Custódio Matta looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Custódio Matta in the 64th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute of the match Great Ayton got a corner. Czech Republic's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eduardo Ganete ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Eduardo Ganete got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vavrinec Holub quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Custódio Matta in the 73rd minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Eduardo Ganete had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduardo Ganete in the 79th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Albertino Almeida charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Albertino Almeida the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 81st minute, Albertino Almeida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Great Ayton's Alão Bastos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Great Ayton from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Custódio Matta in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vavrinec Holub prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Great Ayton's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.