Challenge

麒麟联
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kyle Cox kicked off to start the match. 5 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 魔人布欧 the free kick. England's Khalid Kennedy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 石乐彬 in the 8th minute of play. Seth Young lost his temper 8 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 7 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for England! 肖云帆 walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Khalid Kennedy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 罗远政 in the 12th minute of play. Kyle Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sun Cheng Hong having to interfere. Kyle Cox's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sun Cheng Hong read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Sun Cheng Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 23rd minute Issac Dawson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sun Cheng Hong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 姜誉誉's late challenge caught a England's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 姜誉誉 helped the player get up and apologised. Sun Cheng Hong 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 31st minute. 魔人布欧's Sun Cheng Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Issac Dawson in the 34th minute of play. 石乐彬 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Khalid Kennedy made a huge save. After 36 minutes of play 魔人布欧's 姜誉誉 was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 姜誉誉 hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. When England's Kyle Cox in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 魔人布欧's goalie prevented a goal. Sun Cheng Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 39th minute of the match. The supporters of England booed when 魔人布欧 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. 孙钢夕 didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 45th minute, 林云延 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Khalid Kennedy. The goal made the score 1-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 林云延 to make the kick off. Issac Dawson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When 孙钢夕 fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 魔人布欧's protests and gave 孙钢夕 a yellow card for diving instead. After 57 played minutes 魔人布欧 got a freekick which was hit by 孙钢夕. In the 62nd match minute, 魔人布欧 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 肖云帆 to maneuver through the defense. Sun Cheng Hong came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by England's Kyle Cox. But to his dismay, Kyle Cox quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Sun Cheng Hong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caelan Hayes in the 73rd minute of play. 魔人布欧's Sun Cheng Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 75th minute of play. After a rather tough play, 魔人布欧's 孙钢夕 got a free kick in the 77th minute. The audience was convinced that Kyle Cox's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sun Cheng Hong was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Khalid Kennedy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 麦德骋 in the 80th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 麦德骋 in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Khalid Kennedy saved England from getting behind. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 林云延, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. England were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.