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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Szilárd Németh made the kick off which started today's match. England's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pierce Fenton in the 5th minute. After a rather tough play, England's Pierce Fenton got a free kick in the 7th minute. Móric Hanigovský showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Howard McCunnie in the 10th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Szilárd Németh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jude Redwood-Turner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jude Redwood-Turner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Jendrišek in the 16th minute of the match. Jude Redwood-Turner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurel Pataj, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jude Redwood-Turner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik Jendrišek, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Szilárd Németh in the 29th minute of play forced England's goalkeeper Jude Redwood-Turner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jude Redwood-Turner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurel Pataj, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 34 minutes of play, England's Jez Needham made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Móric Hanigovský was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jude Redwood-Turner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Szilárd Németh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jez Needham in the 44th minute of play forced Slovakia's goalkeeper Móric Hanigovský to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute Simeon Broadbent shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Móric Hanigovský saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jez Needham made a kick off. Móric Hanigovský made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pierce Fenton in the 51st minute of play. In the 53rd match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jakub Mikula to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, England's Howard McCunnie got a free kick in the 58th minute. England made a substitution. Stewart Trueman replaced Pierce Fenton. Howard McCunnie kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. When Slovakia's Erik Jendrišek in the 61st minute got a chance for a shot 61st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye England's goalie prevented a goal. In the 67th minute Simeon Broadbent shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Móric Hanigovský saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Jez Needham's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Móric Hanigovský was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Jude Redwood-Turner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik Jendrišek, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The audience was convinced that Ivan Cicman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jude Redwood-Turner was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 85th minute, Erik Jendrišek fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Jude Redwood-Turner, passed just outside the right post. Móric Hanigovský took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nick Slater, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Slovakia's Ivan Cicman in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye England's goalie prevented a goal. In the 93rd minute, Tomáš Bobrovnický sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and England's Jude Redwood-Turner didn't even have to move.