Challenge

Juventus Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wendell Wipp took the kick off in the first half of the match. Wendell Wipp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. David Ashton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mark Horton hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Through an outstanding action, after 5 minutes, David Ashton successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 11th minute, Spencer Jenkins left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wangari Maathai Forest fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Nils Marques III received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. David Ashton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Andy Lööf in the 16th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Wangari Maathai Forest's Roy Smith. David Ashton made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Wendell Wipp sent off a good shot on target. If Wayne Longman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Andy Lööf charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andy Lööf the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 24 played minutes Juventus FC got a freekick which was hit by Andy Lööf. Juventus FC's Esbjörn Pihlgren was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 30th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. David Ashton stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nils Marques III's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Spencer Jenkins kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. The supporters of Juventus FC booed when Wangari Maathai Forest was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Spencer Jenkins didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38th minute, John Taylor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Wangari Maathai Forest's Mark Horton got a free kick in the 41st minute. Roy Smith's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jörgen Lindkvist read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 46th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Nils Marques III's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Ashton was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mark Horton was the one to do the kick off. When Juventus FC's Nils Marques III in the 51st minute got a chance for a shot 51st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Wangari Maathai Forest's goalie prevented a goal. Spencer Jenkins sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Juventus FC booed when Wangari Maathai Forest was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christopher Armstrong didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Juventus FC's Jörgen Lindkvist got control of the ball when Spencer Jenkins tried to sneak it across the goal line. Spencer Jenkins's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jörgen Lindkvist firmly grabbed it by the left post. David Ashton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nils Marques III in the 78th minute of the match. Wendell Wipp sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nils Marques III's late challenge caught a Wangari Maathai Forest's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nils Marques III helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Wangari Maathai Forest booed when Juventus FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nils Marques III didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Juventus FC's Jakob Lindholm got a free kick in the 86th minute. After having played for 86 minutes, Mark Horton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Wangari Maathai Forest's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mark Horton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spencer Jenkins in the 89th minute of play forced Juventus FC's goalkeeper Jörgen Lindkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 90 played minutes Juventus FC got a freekick which was hit by Erik Ström. After 91 played minutes, Wangari Maathai Forest's Wayne Longman shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jörgen Lindkvist came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Wangari Maathai Forest reached it. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.