Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Kang Ying Hai made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luka Harris in the 13th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luka Harris got free with Kang Ying Hai in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Canada's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ramiro Lleir was slow to take the kick. During this time ..Villa Rugby Club..'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Ramiro Lleir got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jax Williamson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Mikolaj Giertych hit a great ball. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 26 played minutes ..Villa Rugby Club.. got a freekick which was hit by Denver Phoenix. In the 26th minute of the match Koby Wright sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kang Ying Hai skillfully saved the ball. 29 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Mikolaj Giertych sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jax Williamson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ..Villa Rugby Club.. were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after Canada's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ramiro Lleir took the corner. The corner led ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Mikolaj Giertych to fire away a dangerous shot which Jax Williamson despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Mikolaj Giertych sped through Canada's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jax Williamson. After some careless play in the Canada defense, Mikolaj Giertych 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. Jan Dixon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.

51 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goal looked a bit too open when Jan Dixon came free, but Kang Ying Hai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 53 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goal looked a bit too open when Jan Dixon came free, but Kang Ying Hai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54th minute of the match Canada got a corner. ..Villa Rugby Club..'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. Alfred John made a great header on Canada's corner, it was just that ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Kang Ying Hai managed to reach the ball for a save. Rohan Watson made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Valentin Geambașu. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Enrique Gaur was substituted for Baldomiro Dodorol. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Saúl Menem in the 64th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute Canada were awarded a corner. Jan Dixon went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Prince Anderson managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Canada's Luka Harris managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Valentin Geambașu in the 72 minute of the game. Jan Dixon might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kang Ying Hai. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jan Dixon ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Saúl Menem in the 81st minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kang Ying Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Dixon in the 89th minute of the match. After 93 played minutes ..Villa Rugby Club.. got a freekick which was hit by Max Feldthaus. Carlos Saúl Menem scored 0-3 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jax Williamson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Canada lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.