Challenge

Arena Blanka
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Franco Szczęsny took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rohan Watson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 4thth minute of the game Ion Dulgherescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Canada's Jax Williamson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 6th minute, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Ion Dulgherescu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Franco Szczęsny stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan Dixon's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. 17 minutes into the match, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Jan Dixon came free, but Franco Szczęsny reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andre Loodus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Regan Jordan's late challenge caught a BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Regan Jordan helped the player get up and apologised. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ion Dulgherescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. The Canada fans' excitement grew in the 31st match minute when Canada's Jan Dixon looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Franco Szczęsny showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Mccarthy, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. 35 minutes into the match, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Carter George came free, but Franco Szczęsny reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 37 minutes into the game, Ion Dulgherescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Jax Williamson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jax Williamson made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Ion Dulgherescu sent off a good shot on target.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ion Dulgherescu to strike the kick off in the second half. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Afonso da Silveira managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Luka Harris in the 53 minute of the game. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s attentive Karl Zielezinski managed to snatch the ball when Rohan Watson made a throw-in in the 54th minute of the game. In the 56th match minute, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristinel Inculeț to maneuver through the defense. After 57 played minutes BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- got a freekick which was hit by Cristinel Inculeț. Ion Dulgherescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jax Williamson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ion Dulgherescu ran back to his position shaking his head. Richard Mccarthy received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Franco Szczęsny came out and tried to block the shot, but Richard Mccarthy slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 62nd minute. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Keno De Bruyne was substituted for Ion Dulgherescu. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Miguel Pirani was substituted for Cristinel Inculeț. Jan Dixon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Franco Szczęsny made a huge save. Franco Szczęsny didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Richard Mccarthy went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Keno De Bruyne, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Franco Szczęsny played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Edwards in the 76th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theo Burton in the 77th minute of play forced BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Franco Szczęsny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Franco Szczęsny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theo Burton in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 83rd minute, Lukasz Piekarczyk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 86th minute, Keno De Bruyne ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jax Williamson was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-3. 90 minutes into the match, Andre Loodus had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jax Williamson. Canada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andre Loodus was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-3. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Canada for a fine match.