Challenge

Stadio De Victoria
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mark Devan kicked off to start the match. If Alexander Hsi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 4 played minutes Faizal Ramachandran rounded Haiti's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. With a little luck, Haiti's Noel Seide got control of the ball when Mark Devan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Noel Seide made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Dhanabalan in the 11th minute of play. Noel Seide came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Oakham's Mark Devan. But to his dismay, Mark Devan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. 16 minutes into the match, Faizal Ramachandran dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Noel Seide, 3-0. In the 21st match minute, Haiti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saint Jean Pierre to maneuver through the defense. 24 minutes into the match, Mark Devan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Noel Seide, 4-0. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Mark Devan put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Noel Seide. After 35 minutes, Ernso Constant mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Haiti and the Oakham players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ernso Constant kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. After 37 played minutes Oakham got a freekick which was hit by Alexander Hsi. 39 minutes into the match, John Pillai had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Noel Seide. Haiti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that John Pillai was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Rifqi Choo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Alphonse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 7-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jonathan Alphonse to strike the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, Haiti's goal looked a bit too open when John Pillai came free, but Noel Seide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 62 minutes into the match, Faizal Ramachandran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Noel Seide. Haiti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Faizal Ramachandran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. 65 minutes into the match, Faizal Ramachandran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Noel Seide. Haiti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Faizal Ramachandran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. John Dyce made in the 69th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Haiti's Rodney Emmanuel. Noel Seide showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Devan, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. 75 minutes into the game, Oakham's Alexander Hsi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Noel Seide made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-0. In the 80th minute, Oakham's Alex Dhanabalan seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Alex Dhanabalan the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Oakham protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Alex Dhanabalan had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 79th minute, one of Oakham: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 Oakham. Faizal Ramachandran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Noel Seide tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 88 minutes into the game, Faizal Ramachandran cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-1. Noel Seide was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 95th minute, John Pillai got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. John Dyce hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Oakham had played much better football throughout.