Challenge

Slaughtergate
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tosh Goodwin started the match with the kick off. Fabio Auer was a little too slow when Tosh Goodwin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 4th minute. The score was now 1-0. After 8 played minutes Egg Chasers FC got a freekick which was hit by Ozzy Acton. After 10 played minutes Austria got a freekick which was hit by Rafael Riedl. Fabio Auer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tosh Goodwin in the 14th minute of the match. Peter Crouch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Fabio Auer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Egg Chasers FC's Vincent Blakeley played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabio Schneider in the 20th minute of play. Peter Crouch struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Fabio Auer didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Egg Chasers FC. The supporters of Egg Chasers FC booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafael Riedl didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabio Auer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reuben Markinson in the 26th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tosh Goodwin in the 27th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tosh Goodwin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fabio Auer came out and tried to block the shot, but Tosh Goodwin slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 30th minute. Austria's Fabio Auer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Austria from getting a goal against them. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Austria's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Reuben Markinson was slow to take the kick. During this time Egg Chasers FC's players had a chance to rest. Fabio Auer came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Egg Chasers FC's Bruce Marler. But to his dismay, Bruce Marler quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. In the 41st minute, one of Austria:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Austria. In the 42nd minute there was a penalty for Egg Chasers FC. Reuben Markinson stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Fabio Auer. 4-0. Bruce Marler's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fabio Auer firmly grabbed it by the left post. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sandro Galishoff stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 53 minutes, Tosh Goodwin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Egg Chasers FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tosh Goodwin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tosh Goodwin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 57th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonhard Maier to maneuver through the defense. Egg Chasers FC's Peter Crouch got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 60 minutes into the game, Egg Chasers FC's Bruce Marler nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fabio Auer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. In the 67thth minute of the game Tosh Goodwin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Austria's Fabio Auer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 69th play minutes Peter Crouch shot 6-0, a short shot which went by Fabio Auer and just under the crossbar into goal. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Marvin Harrer hit a great ball. In the 74th minute of the match Reuben Markinson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fabio Auer skillfully saved the ball. When the match clock showed 82 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Tosh Goodwin sped through Austria's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fabio Auer. In the 86th minute, Peter Crouch left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Egg Chasers FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. Fabio Auer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tosh Goodwin went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. Egg Chasers FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.