Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Koby Wright started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Thanasis Koltsidas 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 6th minute. The audience was convinced that Koby Wright's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thanasis Koltsidas was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. 14 minutes into the match, Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Jelte Bleiswijk came free, but Jax Williamson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot 16 in the game by Jan Dixon from a close distance when the talented Thanasis Koltsidas managed to make a qualified save. AEK S.C's players were relieved. Canada's Jax Williamson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jelte Bleiswijk in the 18th minute of play. Thanasis Koltsidas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richard Mccarthy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jan Dixon blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thanasis Koltsidas having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Dixon got free with Thanasis Koltsidas in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 24th minute, Jan Dixon reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Thanasis Koltsidas. The goal made the score 1-1. Thanasis Koltsidas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 32nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Koby Wright in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thanasis Koltsidas saved AEK S.C from getting behind. In the 34th minute João Francisco de Andrade 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. Jelte Bleiswijk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Regan Jordan hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Jelte Bleiswijk made the kick off in the second half. Thanasis Koltsidas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 59th minute of play. Koby Wright recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Filip Edwards's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Thanasis Koltsidas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. Filip Edwards took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Thanasis Koltsidas. Thanasis Koltsidas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Canada's Theo Burton was substituted for Rohan Watson. Thanasis Koltsidas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Canada's Jax Williamson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Francisco de Andrade in the 78th minute of play. Kevin Carreira might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jax Williamson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kevin Carreira ran back to his position shaking his head. 82 minutes into the match, AEK S.C's goal looked a bit too open when Filip Edwards came free, but Thanasis Koltsidas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Canada's Jax Williamson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Canada from getting a goal against them. AEK S.C's Thomas Papatrechas was substituted for Sakis Tavlaridis. AEK S.C made a substitution. Thalis Krommidas replaced Donzel Goyeneta. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Canada's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rodrigo Hats was slow to take the kick. During this time AEK S.C's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on AEK S.C's corner Rodrigo Hats fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jax Williamson quite easily take care of the ball. If João Francisco de Andrade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jelte Bleiswijk made in the 91st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Canada's Luka Harris. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Filip Edwards in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Thanasis Koltsidas prevented the ball from getting in the gole.