Challenge

Independence Park
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Shaolin soccer's Herbert Walczyk started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Witalis Perkowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Demonde Jacobson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Jamaica's zone, Herbert Walczyk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Demonde Jacobson came out of the goal and Herbert Walczyk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 7th minute Herbert Walczyk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Demonde Jacobson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Demonde Jacobson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miromir Lichorobiec, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Herbert Walczyk put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Demonde Jacobson. Demonde Jacobson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miromir Lichorobiec in the 14th minute of play. If Miromir Lichorobiec had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Demonde Jacobson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miromir Lichorobiec, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miromir Lichorobiec in the 18th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 minutes of play, Shaolin soccer's Miromir Lichorobiec made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Demonde Jacobson was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Miromir Lichorobiec sped through Jamaica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Demonde Jacobson. Demonde Jacobson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miromir Lichorobiec in the 33rd minute of play. In the 38th match minute, Jamaica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wayan Freeman to maneuver through the defense. Demonde Jacobson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miromir Lichorobiec, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Shaolin soccer's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Florian Buczak in the 43rd minute. A very nice done corner allowed 김 영 to score against Demonde Jacobson in Jamaica's goal. 0-5 after 43 minutes. 47 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Miromir Lichorobiec came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

Demonde Jacobson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miromir Lichorobiec, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Shaolin soccer's Herbert Walczyk slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Demonde Jacobson. That made the score 0-6 after 52 minutes of play. 57 minutes into the match, Miromir Lichorobiec dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Demonde Jacobson, 0-7. After a defensive mix-up in Jamaica's zone, Miromir Lichorobiec stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Demonde Jacobson came out of the goal and Miromir Lichorobiec tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Miromir Lichorobiec could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Demonde Jacobson made a huge save. Szczepan Matuch struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Demonde Jacobson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Shaolin soccer. Demonde Jacobson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Miromir Lichorobiec went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-9 was the resulting score. With his leg Demonde Jacobson managed to avoid a goal in the 75thth minute, when Shaolin soccer's Miromir Lichorobiec fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Szczepan Matuch managed to get in a good position for a shot. Shaolin soccer's supporters rose to their feet, but Szczepan Matuch was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Demonde Jacobson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 78 minutes into the match, Szczepan Matuch had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Demonde Jacobson. Jamaica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Szczepan Matuch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. 84 minutes into the match, Miromir Lichorobiec had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Demonde Jacobson. Jamaica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miromir Lichorobiec was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-12. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the Jamaica defense, Szczepan Matuch kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Demonde Jacobson. The Jamaica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Demonde Jacobson should have stopped the shot. Shaolin soccer played a much better game than Jamaica and deserved their victory. The Jamaica players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.