El Fortín
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) England's Kyle Cox 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. England's Caelan Hayes got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 6th minute, Kyle Cox 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. In the 10th minute, England's Seth Young seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Seth Young the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of England protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Seth Young had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 13 minutes into the match, Kyle Cox notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Calabria Norte's Ulises Donostia. Ulises Donostia was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 17thth minute of the game Kyle Cox who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Calabria Norte's Ulises Donostia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ulises Donostia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 21st minute of play forced Calabria Norte's goalkeeper Ulises Donostia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by England's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cristian Lehior was slow to take the kick. During this time Calabria Norte's players had a chance to rest. Khalid Kennedy came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Calabria Norte's Epifanio Tuste. But to his dismay, Epifanio Tuste quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. After 45 played minutes Calabria Norte got a freekick which was hit by Fulgencio Lope.
An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Santio in the 52nd minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Calabria Norte's Ulises Donostia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 53rd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Calabria Norte's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Ulises Donostia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th match minute, Calabria Norte was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Manny to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Micah Macdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot. England's supporters rose to their feet, but Micah Macdonald was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ulises Donostia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 61stth minute of the game Kyle Cox who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Calabria Norte's Ulises Donostia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 63 minutes into the match, Calabria Norte's Mauro Henry sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Khalid Kennedy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ulises Donostia was a little too slow when Kyle Cox got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 2-3. Ulises Donostia was out of position in the 68 minute of play, and Caelan Hayes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Caelan Hayes really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. Kyle Cox recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Calabria Norte's zone, Kyle Cox stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ulises Donostia came out of the goal and Kyle Cox tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 77th match minute, Calabria Norte was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victorino Ezkerra to maneuver through the defense. If Issac Dawson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Santio in the 85th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st match minute, Calabria Norte was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Manny to maneuver through the defense. 92 minutes into the match, Calabria Norte's goal looked a bit too open when Micah Macdonald came free, but Ulises Donostia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 94 minutes, Leighton Davies managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leighton Davies was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the final whistle sounded England left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Calabria Norte.
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