Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Koby Wright made the kick off which started today's match. Gigel Botescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rohan Watson, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. 13 minutes in the game, Rohan Watson fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Gigel Botescu having to interfere. Walery Glapiak might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jax Williamson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Walery Glapiak ran back to his position shaking his head. Gigel Botescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rohan Watson in the 16th minute of the match. If Damazy Joks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gigel Botescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rohan Watson in the 20th minute of play. If Rohan Watson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. KS Olimpia Warszawa's Gigel Botescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save KS Olimpia Warszawa from getting a goal against them. With his leg Gigel Botescu managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when Canada's Rohan Watson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 36th minute Koby Wright shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigel Botescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Canada's Koby Wright got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Damazy Joks in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jax Williamson saved Canada from getting behind. Gigel Botescu made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Jan Dixon sent off a good shot on target. In the 43rd minute Canada were awarded a corner. Koby Wright went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Koby Wright got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gigel Botescu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jax Williamson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damazy Joks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

If Damazy Joks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Damazy Joks's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jax Williamson was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, KS Olimpia Warszawa's Piotr Kawa got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 59th minute Filip Edwards shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigel Botescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damazy Joks might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jax Williamson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damazy Joks ran back to his position shaking his head. Jax Williamson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damazy Joks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 74th minute Damazy Joks 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. KS Olimpia Warszawa made a substitution. Sharma Sharma replaced Damazy Joks. The audience was convinced that Sharma Sharma's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jax Williamson was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. In the 89th 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 91 minutes of play, Canada's Theo Burton made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gigel Botescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 95th minute, Piotr Kawa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Canada walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.