Challenge

Bulldogs Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rory McCarthy made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Bulldogs F.C's Akrisios Angavanakis got a free kick in the 5th minute. Francisco Borges showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arron Conlon, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rory McCarthy in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Francisco Borges prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Francisco Borges showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicholas Perrin in the 15th minute of the match. If Arron Conlon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rory McCarthy in the 20th minute of play forced Bulldogs F.C's goalkeeper Francisco Borges to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute of the match Maya Angelou Birds got a corner. Bulldogs F.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arron Conlon ran over to the corner to take the kick. Francisco Borges took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Cooke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Richard Louks hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Francisco Borges showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicholas Perrin in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 35th minute Rory McCarthy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francisco Borges saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Bulldogs F.C booed when Maya Angelou Birds was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Michael Noble didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mohammad Hasan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandre Sampaio in the 44th minute of the match. Rory McCarthy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Francisco Borges tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexandre Sampaio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Francisco Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rory McCarthy in the 51st minute of play. In the 52nd minute of the match Maya Angelou Birds got a corner. Bulldogs F.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arron Conlon ran over to the corner to take the kick. Francisco Borges showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rory McCarthy, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. With a little luck, Bulldogs F.C's Francisco Borges got control of the ball when David Cooke tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bulldogs F.C's Francisco Borges played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rory McCarthy in the 64th minute of play. Akrisios Angavanakis hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. After having played for 66 minutes, Arron Conlon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maya Angelou Birds's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arron Conlon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Bulldogs F.C's Sven-Olof Sjöberg got a free kick in the 68th minute. 73 minutes into the game, Sven-Olof Sjöberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Mohammad Hasan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 76 minutes of play, Bulldogs F.C's Alexandre Sampaio made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mohammad Hasan was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet as Maya Angelou Birds's David Cooke slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Francisco Borges. That made the score 2-2 after 79 minutes of play. Francisco Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rory McCarthy in the 82nd minute of play. 85 minutes into the game, Alexandre Sampaio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bulldogs F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Maya Angelou Birds the free kick. In the 85th minute, Alexandre Sampaio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Francisco Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rory McCarthy in the 92nd minute of play. Bulldogs F.C succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Maya Angelou Birds had controlled the match.