Challenge

Glory Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) GloRy F.C.'s Thomas Mavreas 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fetih Sargut got free with Khalid Kennedy in the 2nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stelios Panagiotopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Micah Macdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After 5 played minutes GloRy F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Fetih Sargut. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Florencio Mogel during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to GloRy F.C. getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Florencio Mogel hit a great ball. In the 11th minute Micah Macdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stelios Panagiotopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stelios Panagiotopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 13th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Thomas Mavreas managed to get in a good position for a shot. GloRy F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Thomas Mavreas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Khalid Kennedy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thomas Mavreas in the 17th minute of play. Micah Macdonald took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stelios Panagiotopoulos. Stelios Panagiotopoulos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Stelios Panagiotopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 22nd minute of play. With a little luck, England's Khalid Kennedy got control of the ball when Thomas Mavreas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 29th minute Micah Macdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stelios Panagiotopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Micah Macdonald in the 35th minute of play forced GloRy F.C.'s goalkeeper Stelios Panagiotopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 37 minutes into the match, GloRy F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Stelios Panagiotopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Issac Dawson to maneuver through the defense. 44 minutes into the game, Seth Young was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. England's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave GloRy F.C. the free kick. England were furious when Eddie Willis was red carded, 46 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 46 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for England! All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kyle Cox was the one to do the kick off. In the 57th minute, Thomas Mavreas 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 3-1. 60 minutes into the match, England's goal looked a bit too open when Fetih Sargut came free, but Khalid Kennedy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Issac Dawson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Issac Dawson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 70th minute Thomas Mavreas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khalid Kennedy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Issac Dawson succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-2 in the 76th playminute. 78 minutes into the match, Thomas Mavreas notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of England's Khalid Kennedy. Khalid Kennedy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Quinn Holmes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Mavreas in the 83rd minute of the match. Issac Dawson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Stelios Panagiotopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Issac Dawson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stelios Panagiotopoulos having to interfere. Cooper Thompson hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, Micah Macdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, GloRy F.C.'s Tinko Vunov tried to score from far away in the 93rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 95 minutes, Tadeu Luz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GloRy F.C. and the England players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 96th minute, Tadeu Luz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. England's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.