Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Koby Wright started the match with the kick off. Jax Williamson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ronaldo Cristi's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Doffes Damer's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Herbert Wincek in the 5th minute. With an all-out effort, Canada's Greid Tinsmith threw himself towards the right post 7 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Koby Wright, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Greid Tinsmith took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rohan Watson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Knut Utfal in the 9th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldo Cristi in the 10th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes into the match, Doffes Damer's goalkeeper Greid Tinsmith had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luka Harris. Jax Williamson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Knut Utfal in the 15th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luka Harris got free with Greid Tinsmith in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Carter George sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Greid Tinsmith showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koby Wright in the 19th minute of the match. Canada's Jax Williamson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Göran Vedholm in the 25th minute of play. If Luka Harris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luka Harris in the 38thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Greid Tinsmith, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After some careless play in the Canada defense, Göran Vedholm kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jax Williamson. The Canada fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jax Williamson should have stopped the shot. Canada's Richard Mccarthy quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Carl Nordlander, made in the 44th minute of the game. Doffes Damer's Greid Tinsmith proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Doffes Damer from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Knut Utfal in the 46th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ronaldo Cristi to make the kick off. Greid Tinsmith made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Mccarthy in the 51st minute of play. In the 52nd minute of the match Canada got a corner. Doffes Damer's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Koby Wright ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Göran Vedholm in the 56th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Greid Tinsmith showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Koby Wright, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Canada's Filip Edwards was substituted for Koby Wright. Doffes Damer's Greg Barrera was substituted for Knut Utfal. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. 68 minutes into the game, Göran Vedholm threw the ball into play from the sideline. Canada's Nate Mills quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Inge Braa in the 70th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Doffes Damer's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Dixon came free, but Greid Tinsmith reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Dixon in the 73rd minute of play forced Doffes Damer's goalkeeper Greid Tinsmith to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jan Dixon in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Greid Tinsmith prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Greid Tinsmith made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Edwards in the 78th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Doffes Damer's goal looked a bit too open when Filip Edwards came free, but Greid Tinsmith reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carl Nordlander made in the 83rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Canada's Luka Harris. Greid Tinsmith made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Mccarthy in the 83rd minute of play. Greid Tinsmith showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Mccarthy in the 88th minute of the match. After 89 minutes of play, Canada's Richard Mccarthy made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Greid Tinsmith was left in no man's land by his defense there! Filip Edwards's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Greid Tinsmith read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.