Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Koby Wright started the match with the kick off. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Peter Martinsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koby Wright in the 5th minute of play. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Earl Grey in the 9th minute. The corner ended in Earl Grey almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Canada's Jax Williamson did a great save. With an all-out effort, Canada's Peter Martinsson threw himself towards the right post 14 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Rohan Watson, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 16 minutes into the match, He Kuan Ning notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Canada's Jax Williamson. Jax Williamson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 22nd minute Henry Salkvist 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. Peter Martinsson was out of position in the 25 minute of play, and Jan Dixon capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jan Dixon really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Dixon got free with Peter Martinsson in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jan Dixon blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Peter Martinsson having to make a save. If Jan Dixon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Peter Martinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Dixon, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Canada's Jan Dixon got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When He Kuan Ning came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Lokomotiv Sick-Sack fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that He Kuan Ning couldn't finish the play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and He Kuan Ning made a kick off. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Peter Martinsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koby Wright in the 50th minute of play. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Peter Martinsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koby Wright in the 56th minute of play. Peter Martinsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Dixon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute, Jan Dixon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Peter Martinsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Enzo Pérez was substituted for Okoyomon Charles p'Bitek. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Patrik Wahlström was substituted for He Kuan Ning. Canada made a substitution. Filip Edwards replaced Koby Wright. Canada's Prince Anderson was substituted for Carter George. After 69 minutes Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jan Dixon who took care of the corner kick. Patrik Wahlström's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jax Williamson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. In the 73rd minute of the match Lokomotiv Sick-Sack got a corner. Canada's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Earl Grey ran over to the corner to take the kick. 77 minutes into the match, Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Henry Salkvist came free, but Jax Williamson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 78 minutes Canada's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Earl Grey who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Earl Grey almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Canada's Jax Williamson did a great save. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Earl Grey quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Regan Jordan, made in the 82nd minute of the game. In the 83rd minute Jan Dixon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter Martinsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peter Martinsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Dixon in the 86th minute of the match. Jax Williamson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Patrik Wahlström in the 87th minute. When Filip Edwards came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Canada fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Filip Edwards couldn't finish the play. In the 94th minute, Patrik Wahlström got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.