Challenge

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Koby Wright kicked off to start the match. With a little luck, Canada's Jax Williamson got control of the ball when Taco Van Der Hoorn tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 7 minutes of play, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Taco Van Der Hoorn made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jax Williamson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vasco Goycochea 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 14th minute. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Richard Mccarthy got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 2-1. 15 minutes into the match. Taco Van Der Hoorn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taco Van Der Hoorn in the 20th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21stth minute of the game Taco Van Der Hoorn 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Dixon in the 24th minute of play forced ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goalkeeper Vasco Goycochea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jan Dixon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 28 played minutes, Canada's Koby Wright shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vasco Goycochea came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Canada reached it. Ronaldo Cosme made in the 29th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Andriy Kaká. In the 31st minute Taco Van Der Hoorn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jax Williamson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vasco Goycochea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carter George in the 34th minute of the match. The supporters of ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ booed when Canada was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luka Harris didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Vasco Goycochea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan Dixon in the 53rd minute. Jan Dixon had several of the ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 56 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-2 score and a disappointed Vasco Goycochea as he didn't even see the shot coming. Vasco Goycochea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carter George went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ made a substitution. Du Le Jun replaced Kauan Mandrak. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. After a defensive mix-up in Canada's zone, Taco Van Der Hoorn stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jax Williamson came out of the goal and Taco Van Der Hoorn tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Taco Van Der Hoorn hit a great ball. Vasco Goycochea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Filip Edwards's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vasco Goycochea was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Vasco Goycochea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theo Burton in the 80th minute of play. Kauã Nascimento hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 83rdth minute of the game Filip Edwards who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Vasco Goycochea was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Canada's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jan Dixon in the 85th minute. The corner ended in Jan Dixon almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Vasco Goycochea did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Edwards in the 88th minute of play forced ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goalkeeper Vasco Goycochea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Enrique Domingues managed to get in a good position for a shot. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's supporters rose to their feet, but Enrique Domingues was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jax Williamson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Vasco Goycochea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Prince Anderson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The throw-in from Muhittin Emek in the 93rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Canada's Prince Anderson. With his leg Vasco Goycochea managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when Canada's Filip Edwards fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The Canada players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.