Challenge

鸟巢
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kyle Cox took the kick off in the first half of the match. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Stan Van De Velden took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Khalid Kennedy to make any attempt to save it. 9 minutes into the game, Issac Dawson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. 庄榕昂 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 庄榕昂 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issac Dawson in the 17th minute of play forced 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's goalkeeper 庄榕昂 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 梅雄钢 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 姜诚超 charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 姜诚超 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 姜诚超 hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Micah Macdonald in the 26th minute of play forced 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's goalkeeper 庄榕昂 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 庄榕昂 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Issac Dawson in the 29th minute of the match. When England's Micah Macdonald in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's goalie prevented a goal. In the 33rd minute, 梅雄钢 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Khalid Kennedy was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. 庄榕昂 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Issac Dawson in the 39th minute of play. In the 40th minute Caelan Hayes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 庄榕昂 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Caelan Hayes in the 41st minute of play forced 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's goalkeeper 庄榕昂 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's 庄榕昂 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 44th minute of play. When Stan Van De Velden fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's protests and gave Stan Van De Velden a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's Stan Van De Velden got a free kick in the 45th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and 梅雄钢 made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Will Sito's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Khalid Kennedy was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. When 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's 梅雄钢 in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye England's goalie prevented a goal. 60 minutes into the match, 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but 庄榕昂 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 庄榕昂 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xavier Gallagher scored 3-2 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 庄榕昂, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Xavier Gallagher had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Khalid Kennedy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Will Sito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生 booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xavier Gallagher didn't get a good kick on the ball. 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's 庄榕昂 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyle Cox in the 70th minute of play. 史彬朗 kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, England's Xavier Gallagher got a free kick in the 72nd minute. When 曹兴杰 fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's protests and gave 曹兴杰 a yellow card for diving instead. In the 73rd minute, 曹兴杰 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Kyle Cox managed to get in a good position for a shot. England's supporters rose to their feet, but Kyle Cox was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 庄榕昂 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by 曹兴杰 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. Cooper Thompson kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, 【AC】Black Dragon-兰陵笑笑生's 麦朗晨 tried to score from far away in the 87th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 巩树景 kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. 庄榕昂 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Seth Young, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Despite being the better team, England failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.