Challenge

Paladin Hill
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antal Valentin kicked off to start the match. Armin Nestares received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fodor Daniel came out and tried to block the shot, but Armin Nestares slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 5th minute. In the 12th minute Antal Valentin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdemar Olsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 14 minutes of play, Hungary's Major Barna made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valdemar Olsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Valdemar Olsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antal Valentin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 20 minutes into the match, Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sigge Fürst. Valdemar Olsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Major Barna's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. With a little luck, Hungary's Fodor Daniel got control of the ball when Sigge Fürst tried to sneak it across the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Antal Valentin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valdemar Olsson. Libra's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antal Valentin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After 35 minutes Libra's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antal Valentin who took care of the corner kick. Armin Nestares blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fodor Daniel having to make a save. Major Barna hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. In the 39th minute of the match Tony Adams shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fodor Daniel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Antal Valentin in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Valdemar Olsson saved Libra from getting behind. After 41 played minutes Libra got a freekick which was hit by Tony Adams. Major Barna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Major Barna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sigge Fürst stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Major Barna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdemar Olsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Antal Valentin came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Hungary fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Antal Valentin couldn't finish the play. An unexpected shot in the 61st minute by Major Barna got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Libra were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after Hungary's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mauricio Portillo took the corner. Lorencio Echeto scored 2-2 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fodor Daniel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fodor Daniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Badaz Bonk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fodor Daniel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Armin Nestares's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. Fodor Daniel came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Libra's Armin Nestares. But to his dismay, Armin Nestares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Antal Valentin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hungary's Antal Valentin managed to work through Libra's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Antal Valentin dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Libra's Valdemar Olsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Libra from getting a goal against them. The Libra players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.