Challenge

Estadio Aroeira
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Koby Wright got the match started through his kick off. Koby Wright received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Pankracy Zajonc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Koby Wright took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pankracy Zajonc. Pankracy Zajonc dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Canada's Jax Williamson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Canada from getting a goal against them. Pankracy Zajonc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rohan Watson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koby Wright in the 19th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vygantas Petrošius during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 23rd match minute, MZ Fénix was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vygantas Petrošius to maneuver through the defense. After 29 minutes of play, Canada's Rohan Watson made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pankracy Zajonc was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 32nd minute Rohan Watson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pankracy Zajonc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Cai Yuan Yuan 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. 38 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's Cai Yuan Yuan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jax Williamson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pankracy Zajonc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rohan Watson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Dixon in the 44th minute of play. Pankracy Zajonc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rohan Watson in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Cai Yuan Yuan made the kick off in the second half. After taking down the ball on Canada's corner Carter George fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pankracy Zajonc quite easily take care of the ball. 59 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's goal looked a bit too open when Koby Wright came free, but Pankracy Zajonc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rohan Watson in the 64th minute of the match. Pankracy Zajonc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute of the match, Rohan Watson tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Pankracy Zajonc saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Canada's Filip Edwards was substituted for Koby Wright. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by MZ Fénix's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jan Dixon was slow to take the kick. During this time Canada's players had a chance to rest. In the 74th minute, Filip Edwards hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Edwards in the 77th minute of play forced MZ Fénix's goalkeeper Pankracy Zajonc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Edwards in the 85th minute of play forced MZ Fénix's goalkeeper Pankracy Zajonc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's goalkeeper Pankracy Zajonc had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Filip Edwards. Pankracy Zajonc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Theo Burton in the 91st minute. MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Edwards in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Canada left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than MZ Fénix.