Challenge

Bobota Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dragutin Vasiljević took the kick off in the first half of the match. With 4 minutes on the clock, Cooper Thompson commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 5th minute, Cooper Thompson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bruno Dragišić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vlaho Modrah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Issac Dawson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Kyle Cox's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vlaho Modrah was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Vlaho Modrah made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 19th minute of play. After 22 minutes of play, England's Kyle Cox made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vlaho Modrah was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Vlaho Modrah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 31 minutes into the match, Kanarinci's goal looked a bit too open when Caelan Hayes came free, but Vlaho Modrah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Issac Dawson managed to get in a good position for a shot. England's supporters rose to their feet, but Issac Dawson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vlaho Modrah breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 38 played minutes Kanarinci got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Dragišić. England's Kyle Cox got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 42 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Issac Dawson. In the 48th minute, Kyle Cox made a precise shot to the right of Vlaho Modrah. Kanarinci's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After the first half England were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kyle Cox made a kick off. Vlaho Modrah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 56th minute of the match. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kyle Cox received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Vlaho Modrah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When England's Kyle Cox in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kanarinci's goalie prevented a goal. In the 73rd minute Kyle Cox shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vlaho Modrah saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute, Kyle Cox hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kyle Cox hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 80th minute, Petar Krile made a precise shot to the right of Khalid Kennedy. England's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 86th minute of the match England got a corner. Kanarinci's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Micah Macdonald ran over to the corner to take the kick. Micah Macdonald made a great header on England's corner, it was just that Kanarinci's Vlaho Modrah managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kanarinci's goalkeeper Vlaho Modrah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Kanarinci's attentive Vjekoslav Gojak managed to snatch the ball when Leighton Davies made a throw-in in the 97th minute of the game.