Challenge

SZAMBO ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) FC Oberschlesien's Evandro Tróia 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. 5 minutes into the match, Margaret Atwood Impact's goalkeeper Christopher Love had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Waclaw Radziszewski. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Jim Mitchell managed to get in a good position for a shot. Margaret Atwood Impact's supporters rose to their feet, but Jim Mitchell was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mateusz Przybylo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Jim Mitchell managed to get in a good position for a shot. Margaret Atwood Impact's supporters rose to their feet, but Jim Mitchell was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mateusz Przybylo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 12th minute, Mathew Gunter ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mateusz Przybylo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Mateusz Przybylo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jim Mitchell in the 15th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 16 minutes, Christopher Love successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Michael Dalton might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mateusz Przybylo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Michael Dalton ran back to his position shaking his head. 19 minutes into the match, FC Oberschlesien's goal looked a bit too open when Jim Mitchell came free, but Mateusz Przybylo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute Michael Dalton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateusz Przybylo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pawel Klimek kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. The supporters of FC Oberschlesien booed when Margaret Atwood Impact was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Richard Shaw didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute, Michael Dalton made a precise shot to the right of Mateusz Przybylo. FC Oberschlesien's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 43rd match minute, FC Oberschlesien was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zachary Waldoch to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in FC Oberschlesien's zone, Jim Mitchell stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mateusz Przybylo came out of the goal and Jim Mitchell tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Margaret Atwood Impact booed when FC Oberschlesien was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Waclaw Radziszewski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Margaret Atwood Impact's Adam Searle got a free kick in the 47th minute.

Christopher Love took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Waclaw Radziszewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mateusz Przybylo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Dalton in the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hylton Brookes in the 62nd minute of play forced FC Oberschlesien's goalkeeper Mateusz Przybylo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Margaret Atwood Impact's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jim Mitchell in the 65th minute. Jim Mitchell blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mateusz Przybylo having to make a save. If Mathew Gunter had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mateusz Przybylo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Michael Dalton in the 74th minute. Christopher Love made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agustin Cuartio in the 75th minute of play. In the 79th minute Roland Walmarsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christopher Love saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 82nd minute, but Mateusz Przybylo got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving FC Oberschlesien hanging dry this time. Jim Mitchell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mateusz Przybylo having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 87 minutes, Mateusz Przybylo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 89th minute of the match Margaret Atwood Impact got a corner. FC Oberschlesien's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jim Mitchell ran over to the corner to take the kick. Agustin Cuartio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Christopher Love tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.