Challenge

Rodney Seaman Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kyle Davies took the kick off in the first half of the match. Radoman Karaičić blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bruno Barrett having to make a save. Radoman Karaičić's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bruno Barrett read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute, Radoman Karaičić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Thornhill City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. With a little luck, Curacao's Bruno Barrett got control of the ball when Radoman Karaičić tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bertie Johnson made in the 11th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Thornhill City's Dejan Jovanić. Bertie Johnson hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. 13 minutes into the game, Radoman Karaičić recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Bruno Barrett. Radoman Karaičić showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Radoman Karaičić took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Bruno Barrett to make any attempt to save it. Radoman Karaičić might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bruno Barrett. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Radoman Karaičić ran back to his position shaking his head. Bruno Barrett didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 22nd minute, which inside left pole to 4-0. Bruno Barrett had great luck who in the 25thth minute grab hold of the ball when Radoman Karaičić from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 27th minute Thornhill City were awarded a corner. Marko Vidanović went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Radoman Karaičić got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 5-0. 27 minutes into the match. If Radoman Karaičić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 30th minute Radoman Karaičić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Barrett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bruno Barrett didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dejan Jovanić went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Radoman Karaičić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruno Barrett having to interfere. Curacao's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Radoman Karaičić 39 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 7-0. Bruno Barrett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radoman Karaičić in the 43rd minute of play. A collision led to Thornhill City getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Damjan Stevančević hit a great ball. Damjan Stevančević hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zhuo Le Kun was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Curacao's goal looked a bit too open when Zhuo Le Kun came free, but Bruno Barrett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Curacao defense, Zhuo Le Kun kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bruno Barrett. The Curacao fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bruno Barrett should have stopped the shot. After 58 minutes of play, Thornhill City's Zhuo Le Kun made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bruno Barrett was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thornhill City made a substitution. Siniša Ognjanović replaced Dejan Jovanić. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhuo Le Kun in the 66th minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Curacao's Bertie Johnson got a free kick in the 67th minute. 68 minutes into the game, Zhuo Le Kun cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Bruno Barrett was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 74 minutes into the game, Thornhill City's Stefan Bjelić nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bruno Barrett made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 11-0. 76 minutes into the game, Thornhill City's Zhuo Le Kun nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bruno Barrett made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 12-0. In the 79th minute, Kyle Davies hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zhuo Le Kun took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bruno Barrett. Bruno Barrett dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 13-0. Zhuo Le Kun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bruno Barrett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhuo Le Kun in the 90th minute of the match. In the 95th match minute, Curacao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Troy Kennedy to maneuver through the defense. In the 97th minute, Marko Vidanović hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thornhill City walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.